Zoo director: Recaptured cobra doing well

Missing cobra slithers homeSTORY HIGHLIGHTSRecaptured cobra appears to be doing well, Bronx Zoo director saysShe will be watched for a week then returned to displayThe zoo plans a naming contest for the snake New York (CNN) -- The Egyptian cobra that turned media darling following its escape and subsequent capture at the Bronx Zoo is doing well and should return to display in a week or so, the zoo's director said Friday.

The 3-ounce, 20-inch reptile slithered out of her enclosure on Saturday and turned up Thursday after zoo officials scattered rodent-scented wood shavings in a bid to lure her out in hopes of a meal.

Zoo officials still don't know how the snake got out, director Jim Breheny said.

"Anyone who has ever dealt with snakes or kept snakes knows that they are notorious as escape artists," he said.

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