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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...

'Godzilla-Like Creature' Captured on California Sidewalk

He wasn't knocking over buildings or breathing fire, but that doesn't mean a massive reptile spotted in Riverside, Calif., didn't stop animal experts in their tracks. Animal control officer Jenny Selter admitted she didn't know what to do when she came upon the 5-foot-long, black-throated monitor lizard on the sidewalk...

Gator Country? Alligators Spotted in Chicago, NYC

(Aug. 23) -- Welcome to Gator Country. With recent alligator sightings in New York City and Chicago, it seems as if Alligator Alley doesn't end in Florida anymore. Police in New York caught an 18-inch gator on Sunday after it reportedly crawled out of a storm drain in the Queens neighborhood of Astoria, then hid under a...

Background on reptile

Reptiles (Reptilia) are members of a class of air-breathing, ectothermic (cold-blooded) vertebrates which are characterized by skin covered in scales and/or scutes.

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