They've found the Bronx Zoo Snake

The deadly venomous Egyptian Cobra that escaped confinement a week ago at the Bronx Zoo has been finally found yesterday, crawled up in a corner of the reptilian house.

"We're really happy to announce that cobra missing for seven days has been found," Jim Breheny, director of the Bronx Zoo, said at a press conference Thursday afternoon. "She's alive and well ... resting comfortably and secure."

Breheny said the key strategy in recovering the snake was patience.

"We did fairly extensive sweeping searches throughout the [reptile house] and in the non-public back area," he said, explaining that the non-public areas of the zoo's buildings are a labyrinth of pipes and equipment for filtration system, furnaces and the like. For days now, zoo staff members armed with tongs have been combing the back of the reptile house in an effort to find the reclusive snake.

They finally spotted her in a secluded, dark corner at about 9 a.m. Thursday.

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