A Bronx Zoo venemous snake still missing after 2 weeks
A mangrove snake escaped from its glass enclosure two weeks ago, but is believed to still be in the JungleWorld exhibit.
Photo courtesy of Thai National Parks
JungleWorld exhibit and not
in another part of the zoo.
Mangrove snakes primarily
feed on rodents, small
birds, fi sh, bats and frogs
and will occasionally prey
on other snakes.
In March 2011, an Egyptian
cobra escaped from the
Bronx Zoo but was found a
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This isn’t a case of a
‘snake in the grass’, but more
of a ‘snake out of the glass.’
It has been over two
weeks since a venomous
snake left its Bronx Zoo exhibit.
A Boiga dendrophila,
more commonly known as
a mangrove snake, escaped
from its glass enclosure in
zoo’s JungleWorld on Tuesday,
August 6.
The zoo began notifying
the guests entering Jungle-
World the next morning and
a sign was placed at the entrance
of the exhibit.
The sign reads, “There
is little chance of seeing or
coming into contact with
this snake due to its timid,
secretive nature. 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
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week later. A twitter page,
@BronxZoosCobra, was
started as a campaign to fi nd
the missing snake and generated
nearly 150,000 followers.
A few days after the mangrove
snake went missing,
@BronxZoosCobra’s twitter
page read in response, “Hey,
it happens.”