Zoo workers are getting desssssssperate.
Bronx Zoo staffers are resorting to creative methods to catch a deadly Egyptian cobra that remains at large after five days.
Among the techniques the snake catchers are using are traps baited with live mice, according to a source.
But Glenn Johnson, world-renowned rattlesnake handler and chairman of the Department of Biology at SUNY Potsdam, said there are better ways to catch a cobra.
“Traps almost never work,” he said. “I wouldn’t want to be looking for a cobra. Rattlesnakes are pussycats compared to them.”
Johnson said workers are probably scouring areas in the Reptile House that create “warm spots,” such as beneath refrigerators or inside heating ducts.
“Nothing that they’re doing is wrong. I know the zoo is handling the situation properly. Their biggest problem right now is embarrassment . . . and finding that snake.”
Zoo officials declined to comment.