Barb_ Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I trained down the street from this zoo (and if you want to see scary, look at the victim of a gorilla mauling), and knew the "snake bite specialist" for the city. Most snake bites took place in the men's room at JFK. Okay, rather than tell you why, let me see if a few of you can guess about why that was so. P.s. nothing "dirty" involved. Sewer snakes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I am very sorry for you if you live in New York City and especially in the Bronx. Please understand that I mean no offense to your people, the New Yorkers of the Bronx. I am sure you are all a very fine people. But, alas, the Bronx Zoo has lost, according to CNN, a viciously dangerous Egyptian Nile Cobra. Now, all snakes are evil. This one is beyond evil and wicked...there just aren't words to describe. So, please evacuate because frankly, if they have to drop a Nuke over the zoo in order to save mankind, I am for it! Faith, the rabid, neurotic snake hater of the world. :lol: You're kidding, right?! So... considering the temperatures in the Bronx right now, do you think it will live out in "the wild" on its own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 My son just got his 5th snake this evening. Yes, I live with 5 snakes now. That said, this escaped Cobra thing freaks me out and I am very thankful I am nowhere near New York!!! :ack2::ack2::ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 They can capture him very easily. Turn the air conditioning to the coldest temperature and set out one heat lamp over a nice small snuggly box complete with a small snack. With the a/c on he'd be likely to get out of any vents if he happened in there. Didn't they mention he's 20 inches long??? Now there's thinking! Hey, y'all, it can't be that bad. It's only 20 inches long??? And it's sub-freezing outside all night??? I'm not worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Sewer snakes? I bet it's people trying to smuggle them in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I bet it's people trying to smuggle them in! DINGDINGDING! The exchange of snake and money take place there, and Sammy the Slitherer wakes up and CHOMP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 (edited) Hungry??? HUNGRY??????????????????? Are you kidding me? What the #$%^&* does it want to eat? Manhatten? Seriously, it's time to call out the National Guard! Faith It's a 2' snake. Poor thing is probably curled up under (or inside) the nearest fridge trying not to freeze to death. (ETA: It would be warm under the fridge or up inside the coils.) Seriously, it's cold there and it can't have gone far. Edited March 29, 2011 by darlasowders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 My son just got his 5th snake this evening. Yes, I live with 5 snakes now. That said, this escaped Cobra thing freaks me out and I am very thankful I am nowhere near New York!!! :ack2::ack2::ack2: :iagree: And we have a python. One of my son's friends (the one he got the python from) has a venomous snake capable of killing someone faster than you could dial 911. I don't get why anyone would want to own something like that.:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Oh, help me! The kids were just asking when we would be going to the Bronx Zoo again. Now I know the answer...NEVER!!!! But that would be the safest place to be, considering that it is the ONE place they are sure the snake isn't. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIS0320 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 So, please evacuate because frankly, if they have to drop a Nuke over the zoo in order to save mankind, I am for it! Faith, the rabid, neurotic snake hater of the world. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Just wondering, has the snake been recovered? I live in NY, nowhere near NYC, at all, but I am quite bothered by all of this. I have such a fear of snakes & I don't care if it is irrational or not. Reassure me, said snake can't slither upstate, correct? It can't. It would die before it got more than a block from the zoo (probably WAY before). Reptiles are cold-blooded, and it's freezing in NY. Oh, and they really really hate to be out in the open. It will be hard to find because it's going to crawl up inside something and stay there (They can go a very long time without food.). Not because it left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 (edited) The cobra's twitter feed is hysterical! http://twitter.com/BronxZoosCobra Normally, I detest all snakes equally on the grounds that they are equally likely to kill me either by venom or sheer terror. But this one... he's got caché. I give him props. :thumbup1: ETA: I think it's going to be over soon. Apparently, the Mongoose is on the case. http://twitter.com/BrnxZooMongoose :lol: Edited March 29, 2011 by Audrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandamom Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Let's hope they find it before it breeds with a local NY snake. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 The cobra's twitter feed is hysterical! http://twitter.com/BronxZoosCobra Normally, I detest all snakes equally on the grounds that they are equally likely to kill me either by venom or sheer terror. But this one... he's got caché. I give him props. :thumbup1: ETA: I think it's going to be over soon. Apparently, the Mongoose is on the case. http://twitter.com/BrnxZooMongoose :lol: LOL! I am now officially following both. Should be an interesting night. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 The cobra's twitter feed is hysterical! http://twitter.com/BronxZoosCobra Normally, I detest all snakes equally on the grounds that they are equally likely to kill me either by venom or sheer terror. But this one... he's got caché. I give him props. :thumbup1: ETA: I think it's going to be over soon. Apparently, the Mongoose is on the case. http://twitter.com/BrnxZooMongoose :lol: OH, thank goodness. I was wondering where Riki Tiki Tavi was and could he be brought in to assist with the annhil...I mean, SEARCH AND RESCUE of the snake. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annlaura Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 :lol: Mongoose! We should all get a pet mongoose. DS4 has just recently gotten a book about cobras. A loose one would not please me. I think I am going to double check the reptile house next time we go and make sure all the snakes are constrictors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 :lol: Mongoose! We should all get a pet mongoose. DS4 has just recently gotten a book about cobras. A loose one would not please me. I think I am going to double check the reptile house next time we go and make sure all the snakes are constrictors. Y'all go right ahead. Mongooses (Mongeese??) are weasels and weasels are stinky. The only reason I agreed to move this far north is because there are no poisonous snakes in this province. :tongue_smilie: Umm... except at the zoo. :001_unsure: But right now it's -5°C, and I'm over 100 miles from the zoo. Pretty sure Mr. Snakey-poo will be Mr. Snake-sicle before he gets even halfway here. :cheers2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 :smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5: Not about the cobra on the loose, but about the responses to it. FaithManor and those twitter feeds are hysterical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hungry??? HUNGRY??????????????????? Are you kidding me? What the #$%^&* does it want to eat? Manhatten? A succulent pair of B@@Ks. Didn't Cleo do herself in with one of the these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted March 29, 2011 Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 A succulent pair of B@@Ks. Didn't Cleo do herself in with one of the these? :smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5: Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
min Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I can't find a picture of it! Anyone got a link? Miranda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 A succulent pair of B@@Ks. Didn't Cleo do herself in with one of the these? That might be the end of him. I read an article last week that some silicone did a snake in. The Twitter feeds are great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Y'all go right ahead. Mongooses (Mongeese??) are weasels and weasels are stinky. The only reason I agreed to move this far north is because there are no poisonous snakes in this province. :tongue_smilie: Umm... except at the zoo. :001_unsure: But right now it's -5°C, and I'm over 100 miles from the zoo. Pretty sure Mr. Snakey-poo will be Mr. Snake-sicle before he gets even halfway here. :cheers2: My 2 ferrets were quite offended by your post. I talked them out of reporting you to the moderator this time. But they said to watch the slander. Or is it libel? Anyway... :D just kidding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Life imitates art ... there is a book about a deadly poisonous snake that ends up in Central Park. They catch the the snake, eventually, I think, but the book has an ending worthy of the "Jaws" theme tune - and we all know what happens when you hear that tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I can't find a picture of it! Anyone got a link? Miranda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 (edited) [REALLY SCARY SNAKE] Ooh, you're in for it now!!! :tongue_smilie: Edited March 29, 2011 by Kirch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 "Want to clear up a misconception. I'm not poisonous as has been reported. I'm venomous. Super venomous, but not poisonous so don't worry." :D I think I read this on this forum some time ago: "If it bites you and you get sick, it's venomous. If you bite it and you get sick, it's poisonous." (seemed appropriate) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganClassicalPrep Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 OH. I wish there would have been a warning before that picture. Considering how many of us have admitted to serious phobias..... words are one thing, pictures an entirely new beast. Glad I was staying up all night anyways.... (And if BEAST isn't a good descriptor, I don't know what is!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularMom Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Or at least try to get Rikki Tikki Tavi out of retirement. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 :iagree: And we have a python. One of my son's friends (the one he got the python from) has a venomous snake capable of killing someone faster than you could dial 911. I don't get why anyone would want to own something like that.:001_huh: What? That is downright scary and irresponsible. Is this person a minor? What is wrong with his parents? Holy smokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SproutMamaK Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I made a twitter account just so I could subscribe to those feeds. Too Funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Here's a video, but not of this actual cobra: http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/24698462 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Mom Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 The funniest part of my day for sure! thanks! I needed that link!! :lol: :iagree: Funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtothreeboys Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 The cobra's twitter feed is hysterical! http://twitter.com/BronxZoosCobra Normally, I detest all snakes equally on the grounds that they are equally likely to kill me either by venom or sheer terror. But this one... he's got caché. I give him props. :thumbup1: ETA: I think it's going to be over soon. Apparently, the Mongoose is on the case. http://twitter.com/BrnxZooMongoose :lol: Here is the BronzZooKeeper feed: http://twitter.com/BronxZookeeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 THIS PERSON LEFT THE DOOR OF THE SNAKE CAGE OPEN! SERIOUSLY, THIS WAS NOT A MCGYVER SNAKE THAT FASHIONED A LOCK PICK FROM THE BONES OF SOMETHING IT ATE AND THEN LIKE MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, SLUNK OFF INTO THE NIGHT? I think I just had some sort of mental break down. What is the criteria for this job? I mean, I think it needs to involve some sort of Green Beret/Navy Seal boot camp in which the drill sergeant beats the phrase, "DO NOT LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN" into the recruits brains so that just like, "we never leave a man behind", "we don't let lethal animals roam the neighborhood" becomes a part of their soul! See, this needs to be some sort of NASA engineer level job. The kind of thing where we will pay you scads of money because you are completely brilliant and are loathe to get people killed. The dude that closes the door to the snake cages should have a PH.D. in Logic, plus some search and destroy training that rivals Rambo and Terminator. Then we should pay him or her a half million dollars a year to see to it, that the door is always closed! "The snake is no real threat." Sure, and the Titanic will never sink. Faith Faith - Too funny! You are totally invited to my house for tea and cookies whenever you are in town. I promise that there will be no snakes! LOL. McGyver snake. :) (CENSORED) Tree - I just have on thing to say to you ... EEEEEK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 What? That is downright scary and irresponsible. Is this person a minor? What is wrong with his parents? Holy smokes. He's a very experienced handler (16, maybe 17 years old--so not a little kid), and I don't think he actually takes it out of it's enclosure. Still... it would never live in my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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