the 10 days of my birthday zooventure

oh haiye! it's me again. remember yesterday when i showed you the many talents of the red panda? i know.

today, we're going to talk about one of the best parts about the bronx zoo: low security. as you may or may not know, the bronx zoo has a little problem keeping their animals in the animal houses. without further ado, i present the zoo's most famous runaways...

please welcome....

a pEaHeN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! here she is, walking around on a car in one of the bronx's many thriving streetscapes.

and here she is, making a new friend. we do have a lot in common, i suppose.

in case you missed this story, catch up here. the best part is that she wasn't the first to escape her zoocage this year...

please welcome....

a KiNg cObRa!!!!!

a couple months before that stupid peahen got out, this thing escaped! as you can imagine, it was pretty scary for the entire city. we don't exactly have a lot of mongooses laying around. while he was out, he got his paws on an iphone and started a twitter, which he used to tell the world of his adventures, and which he apparently still maintains.

in the end, they found him sleeping at the zoo, just outside of his jail cell. idiot.

we are only 2 days away from the zooventure, and i just cannot WAIT!

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FOUND!

The venomous Bronx Zoo Egyptian cobra that alarmed and delighted New Yorkers when it escaped from its enclosure was found today, ending a six day search for the celebrated snake.


The elusive snake was found "coiled, sort of secluded in a dark corner" about 9 a.m. a couple hundred feet away from the enclosure she had slipped out of, said Bronx Zoo Director Jim Breheny.


It was recovered by a Reptile House employee using "special tongs to grip the animal," Breheny said. (via)

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you have probably already heard that this weekend, an egyptian cobra escaped from its cage at the bronx zoo. it is still missing. they think he's probably just hiding under his house somewhere and will come out when he's hungry (for people), but in the meantime, check out this probably-real twitter.

some egyptian cobra factz:
it is the same snake cleopatra is rumored to have used to commit suicide.
it can kill an elephant in 3 hours, and a person in 15 minutes.
it could take weeks to find!

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