A deadly Egyptian Cobra escaped in 2011 and was on the loose for a week before being found. This is not the first time the Bronx Zoo has lost a snake. It remains unclear how the snake escaped. Two zoo employees with flashlights scoured the area near where the snake went missing Wednesday. “To think I went in there with my son and my mother and my sister.” I wouldn’t go in there if I knew,” he said. Now I’m feeling terrified … I don’t like snakes at all.”Įngelbert Balboa, 33, another zoo-goer, said he was terrified. “It’s irresponsible of them,” Lucia Crespo, 29, a teacher who was visiting with her young son, said. Zoo-goers said they wouldn’t have gone in if they knew a snake was on the loose inside. The New York Post reported that not many people noticed the small sign while entering the exhibit. However, the venom of these snakes can cause painful swelling and discoloration of the skin. There is little chance of seeing or coming in contact with this snake due to its timid, secretive nature but if you see it, please notify a staff person.”Īccording to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, there have been no known mangrove snake fatalities. “Mangrove snakes are a shy, arboreal species that are active at night. They are mildly venomous, but not dangerous to people," a sign placed next to the ticket office for Jungle World on Wednesday read. “Dear visitors, a 3 and a half foot long mangrove snake is missing from its exhibit in Jungle World. Officials said the reptile was on the loose. A venomous, tree-climbing 3-foot mangrove snake escaped its enclosure at a Bronx Zoo in New York on Tuesday.
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