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Missing Cobra Hits the Big Apple; Thousands Following on Twitter

By Lisa FlamMar 29th 2011 – 7:11PM
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It's no wonder the escaped Egyptian cobra hasn't been found at the Bronx Zoo: She's having too good of a time taking on Manhattan. In reality, the zoo says it may be weeks before the pencil-thin, 20-inch venomous asp comes out of hiding. She's believed to be confined to the zoo's World of Reptiles building after slipping...

Poisonous Cobra Still on the Loose at Bronx Zoo

By Lisa FlamMar 28th 2011 – 10:02AM
ABCNews.com

ABCNews.com

A venomous Egyptian cobra that slipped out of its home at the Bronx Zoo in New York City is still missing this morning and is believed to be trapped inside the zoo's now-shuttered World of Reptiles exhibit. The zoo closed the reptile house indefinitely Friday when staff members discovered that the adolescent cobra was not...

Background on egyptian cobra

The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) is a species in the genus Naja found in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

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