Food Buzz The autumn tradition of adding pumpkin to everything is a cross-species celebration. On a side note, bear claws are adorable and terrifying.
Culture Buzz I know which Lego set I want for Christmas now. And nothing else will ever meet my expectations again. (via twitter.com)
Celebrity Buzz NBC News has confirmed that the Egyptian cobra who escaped from the Bronx Zoo has been found and is in quarantine. A squeamish nation, and a hyperventilating media, breathes easier. No jail can contain New York's newest folk hero. He's like Dillinger with deadly neurotoxins.
Culture Buzz The Egyptian cobra that escaped the Bronx Zoo now has its own line of merchandise, including panties and onesies. This cobra needs an agent. All of this and more available at CafePress.
Culture Buzz The Bronx Zoo cobra has been on the lam for six days now with very little progress in the search being reported by the zookeepers who clearly underestimated the reptile's escape artistry. (She's like a scaly John Dillinger.) It's time we recognize this elusive cobra alongside the other great cobras in history.
Culture Buzz A poisonous Egyptian cobra that sprung out of the Bronx Zoo has become an internet folk hero.
A 20-inch Egyptian cobra escaped from its enclosure in the reptile house of the Bronx Zoo, and people (specifically the media) are flipping the eff out. Its venom can kill an elephant. Hide your kids, hide your wife, hide your elephants.
Zookeepers at the Brox Zoo gave the squirrel monkeys a special holiday treat they had never had before: Jell-O with blueberries. They struggled with the slippery dessert at first, but inevitably their foraging instincts kicked in and soon they were eating all the Jell-O they could handle.
Science Buzz The economy is so bad that the Bronx Zoo is firing its animals. This is sad if you're an unemployed lemur but GREAT if you're in the market for a Baby Rodrigues Fruit Bat, which I am. Anyway, here are the cutest animals now available for your home zoo. Enjoy!