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The zoo began notifying the guests entering JungleWorld the next morning and a sign was placed at the entrance of the exhibit. But if you see it, please notify a staff person. According to the Bronx Zoo, although the mangrove snake is mildly venomous, it is not known to be dangerous to people. A Bronx Zoo spokesperson stated that the snake is primarily active at night, and that the zoo has every reason to believe that the snake is somewhere in the JungleWorld exhibit and not in another part of the zoo.
Thursday morning, the cobra proved them right. Bronx Zoo's free-spirited cobra comes home. The search team lured the snake by spreading wood shavings that mice and rats use as bedding around the building, hoping the cobra would recognize the scent of rodents and come out of her hiding place for a quick meal.
Bronx Zoo Director Jim Breheny said on "The Early Show" Friday morning the searchers put "all efforts" into recovering the snake when they learned she was missing. He explained, "We set up the building so we would have clear lines of sight, in different directions, along corridors and places that she would likely be. And we knew it was really important that we allow things to settle down and let her feel comfortable. Because, you know, when she was out of her enclosure, we knew she was going to feel vulnerable.
We kind of quieted everything down and waited for her to come out. The Reptile House remains closed. Zookeepers plan to do a thorough review of safety procedures and will reopen the exhibit to visitors soon.
He said wood shavings used as bedding by mice and rats were used to tempt the cobra out of hiding, because snakes hunt through their noses. The image of the cobra as scary was not really accurate, the zoo director said. Zoo officials had insisted that the inch-long female reptile -- who weighs about three ounces -- was contained within the Reptile House, which was closed to the public as soon as keepers noticed that the snake had gone on the lam. And it did turn out that that's exactly where she was, just a couple of hundred feet from the spot where she disappeared.
The teenage cobra built up a huge following on Twitter with nearly , followers while it was on the lam. The tweets have delighted New Yorkers as they lampooned the city's foibles and its famous. Don't worry, I'll handle this. Where is Trump Tower exactly? Snakes are people too.
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