Last weekend a cobra at the Bronx Zoo in New York City went missing. While that alone proved to be news-wothy, equally as news-worthy was the Twitter account that was created by the snake soon after,@BronxZoosCobra. Since Monday, he (or she?) has racked up over 72,000 followers and its bio reads: "I'm an Egyptian cobra our on the town." The tweets are all of the lighthearted nature and it has been tweeting with celebrities such as Charlie Sheen and Steve Martin. What is most fascinating is not that the cobra is tweeting but that is it news-worthy. (I suppose if newspapers were not currently online - allowing for unlimited publication - such information would probably not take up space in a print issue.) The New York Times website even has a section,Twitter Patter, on which they profile New York tweeters. 
Thursday, March 31, 2011
@BronxZoosCobra
Last weekend a cobra at the Bronx Zoo in New York City went missing. While that alone proved to be news-wothy, equally as news-worthy was the Twitter account that was created by the snake soon after,@BronxZoosCobra. Since Monday, he (or she?) has racked up over 72,000 followers and its bio reads: "I'm an Egyptian cobra our on the town." The tweets are all of the lighthearted nature and it has been tweeting with celebrities such as Charlie Sheen and Steve Martin. What is most fascinating is not that the cobra is tweeting but that is it news-worthy. (I suppose if newspapers were not currently online - allowing for unlimited publication - such information would probably not take up space in a print issue.) The New York Times website even has a section,Twitter Patter, on which they profile New York tweeters. 
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