Last Friday afternoon was the last time a 20-inch Egyptian cobra was seen in its exhibit at New York's Bronx Zoo. It's been missing since then, but perhaps its keepers should have been looking at Twitter posts instead of in the reptile house.
It seems the venomous reptile, or some anonymous stand-in has been Tweeting as BronxZoosCobra since Monday. Even with the account around a day old, it already has nearly 100,000 followers. The Tweets are all coming from the Web, which means that the Bronx Zoo could simply contact Twitter to find out where the IP address of the cobra is located. His first Tweet:
It seems the venomous reptile, or some anonymous stand-in has been Tweeting as BronxZoosCobra since Monday. Even with the account around a day old, it already has nearly 100,000 followers. The Tweets are all coming from the Web, which means that the Bronx Zoo could simply contact Twitter to find out where the IP address of the cobra is located. His first Tweet:
I want to thank those animals from the movie "Madagascar." They were a real inspiration.He, or she, is apparently having trouble getting his account verified by Twitter. As we noted earlier, Twitter is out of the verification game, and won't do it any longer except in special cases. The cobra Tweeted:
Hey @piersmorgan, @jack and @biz, What does a snake have to do to get this account verified?In fact, an Egyptian cobra is extremely venomous, with a neurotoxin that is believed to have taken out Cleopatra. Zoo officials believe the cobra is hiding out in its enclosure in the reptile house, ensconced with a laptop, it appears.
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