An Egyptian cobra that went missing from the reptile house at the Bronx Zoo has apparently turned up on Twitter.
A tongue-in-cheek Twitter user giving "updates" on a missing snake now has nearly 120,000 followers.
The 20in deadly snake escaped from New York City's Bronx Zoo last Friday, and is yet to be found.
"On top of the Empire State Building!" @BronxZoosCobra posted. "All the people look like little mice down there. Delicious little mice."
Listing location as "Not at the Bronx Zoo", it has "visited" tourist attractions including the High Line, the Museum of Natural History and Ray's Pizza.
One of the more recent posts played on New Yorkers' fears of the scaly escapee.
"It's getting pretty cold out. I think it's probably time to crash. Oh look, an apartment window someone left open just a crack. Perfect!"
The only twitter account the snake was following was the one belonging to the Bronx Zoo, @TheBronxZoo.
The zoo's account tweeted one message saying it understands the interest in the story: "Right now, it's the snake's game," it said.
Bronz Zoo keepers believe the young cobra is hiding in a non-public area of the Reptile House, but say it could take weeks to find it.
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