nydailynews- A 20-inch cobra slithered out of its cage in the Bronx Zoo Saturday, forcing the exhibit to close while workers searched for the venomous serpent, officials said.
The adolescent Egyptian cobra went missing from an off-exhibit enclosure sometime in the afternoon and zookeepers quickly closed off the Reptile House, officials said.
Workers canvassed the building, eying several closed-in spaces that the reptile would naturally be drawn to coil inside, officials said.
The snake - native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula - was not recovered Saturday night, officials said.
The section will remain closed to the public until it is found.
Why do they have to close the section? I think the Bronx zoo is missing out on a great opportunity to capitalize on of this incident. I bet they're not doing that well financially these days. Going to zoos is old and tired, but danger tourism is very hot now. The zoo should allow adrenaline junkies the chance to walk around the area where the snake went missing. It would really be a win-win situation for the zoo. Zoo-goers could experience the thrill of being in an enclosed area with a deadly snake, which will bring new customers to the zoo. And if somebody gets bitten by the cobra and dies, it would be a huge news story. And everybody knows, no publicity is bad publicity.
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