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Suicide. the taste of these, they say, is sharp, swiftly over. reporter: of course, hollywood has been tapping into our fear of snakes for years. from anaconda to indiana jones. today, this real-life reptile has snaked its way into the spotlight. even comedian steve martin, who once proudly paid tribute to the boy king, tweeted, an egyptian cobra has escaped and is hiding in the bronx zoo. i m sitting in my king tut hat by the phone, awaiting their call for help. so the good question today is, how do you catch a cobra? the answer, according to the zoo director, thomas, is you wait until it gets and this is the good part, hungry and thirsty and starts moving around the building. they caution, that could be days or even weeks. we should acknowledge, for now this is a two-fanged story. we re trying to follow the snake on one hand, and on the other, we are following the bronx zoo s cobra online that s been tweeting 35,000 people now following this man or woman or whoever is tweeting ....
Reptile house, somewhere it feels safe. i m glad she does. an egyptian cobra can be very dangerous. these animals have very strong venom, and it s strong enough to kill a human being. that s the bad news. the good news is that they re not particularly aggressive, and they re really only going to bite if they feel threatened. reporter: cobra bites can be deadly if they go untreated. according to legend, an egyptian cobra is the kind of snake cleopatra used to commit suicide. the taste of these, they say, is sharp. reporter: of course, hollywood has been tapping into our fear of snakes for years, from an con da going to get us killed! reporter: to indiana jones. today this real-life reptile has snaked its way into the spotlight. even comedian steve martin tweeted, an egyptian cobra has escaped and is hiding in the bronx zoo. i m sitting in my king tut hat by the phone, awaiting their call for help. so how do you catch a king ....
The run since he wasn t on the run, he s missing since friday. the 20-inch egyptian cobra has venom strong enough to kill a human but then zoo insists it s probably hiding out somewhere. nbc s peter alexander live in new york city at the bronx zoo. incredib incredible. if the cobra get hungry, that cobra will venture out. reporter: it s safe to say, it s not on the run, maybe on the slither, at least for the last five day flouz. they believe it is locked inside a safe, nonpublic area of the reptile house. easy to say, not comfortable to hear. they have locked off that area, so it s closed to the public. in a dark, warm space, they say. when it gets hungry and thirsty, that s when they hope to catch it. this story has evolved. darwin would be proud, the snake story has grown legs. it s online all over the place with someone tweeting as the bronx zoo s cobra, 55,000 ....
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