NY zoo closes reptile house after cobra disappears - Polidicks

[quote] NEW YORK (AP) -- A poisonous cobra has vanished from an enclosure outside public view at the Bronx Zoo, and its Reptile House remained closed Sunday as a precaution while zoo workers searched for the missing reptile. While the roughly 20-inch-long Egyptian cobra - a highly venomous species of snake - has been unaccounted for since Friday afternoon, zoo officials say they're confident it hasn't gone far and isn't in a public area. Its enclosure was in an isolation area not open to visitors. "To understand the situation, you have to understand snakes," zoo Director Jim Breheny said in an email Sunday. The animals seek out confined spaces, so this one has doubtless hidden in a place it feels safe, he said. Once the snake gets hungry or thirsty enough to leave its hiding place, workers will have their best opportunity to recover it, Breheny said. In the meantime, the Reptile House remained closed indefinitely. The missing cobra is an adolescent of its hooded species, which is believed to be the type of snake that was called an asp in antiquity. Cobra bites can be deadly if not treated properly, but the snakes aren't likely to attack people unless the reptiles feel threatened, according to a fact sheet on the San Diego Zoo's website. Opened in 1899, the Bronx Zoo is run by the nonprofit Wildlife Conservation Society.[/quote] [url]http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_MISSING_COBRA?SITE=WVEC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html[/url] I hope they find it :ohdear:

[img]http://dreager1.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/cobra_commander.jpg[/img] In other news, psychopath on the loose is now waging war on the United states of america

Man , that's got to bite!

[QUOTE=meepugh;28850878]Man , that's got to bite![/QUOTE] :colbert:

Is that a spitting cobra in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Theres a "Snake? Snake! SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!" Joke in there somewhere.

[img]http://www.mcwetboy.net/snakesonfilm/images/harrypotter.jpg[/img] Sources say the snake had help from a small boy wearing glasses with a lightning bolt scar on his forehead.

You're a wizard, Harry [editline]27th March 2011[/editline] Oh for fuck sakes

[quote]The Egyptian cobra garnered increased attention in Canada in the fall of 2006 when a pet cobra became loose and forced the evacuation of a house in Toronto[10] for more than six months when it was believed to have sought refuge in the home's walls. The owner was fined $17,000 and sentenced to jail[/quote]

For some reason, I glanced at the title and thought someone stole a cobra attack helicopter.

[QUOTE=Tunak Mk. II;28851713]For some reason, I glanced at the title and thought someone stole a cobra attack helicopter.[/QUOTE] Because they keep those at the New York Zoo

[QUOTE=Sourcream&onion;28852989]Because they keep those at the New York Zoo[/QUOTE] Holy shit, they do?

Too bad it can stay at one spot for a very very long time. Easily 6 months, maybe a year, depending on when it last fed. It should find a way to drink, but it can survive almost a month without water.

I would HATE to be the poor motherfucker that finds that thing underneath the staff fridge :v:

That would be really sketchy to walk in and go "Shit, where did it go?".

[quote=article]"Once the snake gets [b]hungry[/b] enough to leave its hiding place, workers will have their best opportunity to recover it"[/quote] This doesn't sound like fun for the workers.

Snaky situation :v:. I wonder how could they miss any possible escape route for the snake unless someone took it.