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Missing Cobra Hits the Big Apple; Thousands Following on Twitter

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

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 poisonous snake

Venomous snakes have venom glands and specialized teeth for the injection of venom. Members of the families Elapidae, Viperidae, Hydrophiidae, and Atractaspididae (and some from Colubridae, as well) are major venomous snakes.

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