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The Bronx Zoo cobra announced Ryan Seacrest had fled a pygmy marmoset exhibit.The Bronx Zoo cobra may technically be back in captivity, but that doesn't mean his Twitter alter-ego can't still have a little fun ? with Ryan Seacrest.
The shrewd snake took over the "American Idol" host's Twitter account Friday, warning that "The Bronx Zoo's Cobra Nation has been awakened!"
The "hijacking" also included RyanSeacrest.com, which was made over to include only reptilian-themed content, from "Britney Spears' Albino Python: Where Is He Now?" to "Sssounds Of A Snake: My Top 7 Songs."
More than an hour into the rouse, the cobra announced on Twitter that "Ryan Seacrest has been found & is being returned to his enclosure in the pygmy marmoset exhibit at the LA Zoo."
The accompanying link led to a picture of an actual pygmy marmoset (a type of monkey) with 36-year-old Seacrest's face super-imposed on it.
FIRST PHOTO OF THE BRONX ZOO COBRA
"The escaped TV and radio host had fled the zoo grounds after using his hair gel to slip the lock on the Pygmy Marmoset exhibit gate," read the post. "Haha just kidding. They really sent him to the flamingo pond. He'll feel pretty there."
The jokes continued on Twitter, with the cobra admitting he "was out of the zoo for the exact amount of time it takes Ryan to get his hair to look like that."
But the slithering snake isn't expecting to be "locked up" for long.
"The good news is I'm a celebrity now so I should be able to pull a @LindsayLohan and be out by dinner," he tweeted.
Animal Planet sent out a joke press release announcing a deal for the reptile - news that some outlets reported earnestly. Grace Suriel, a spokeswoman for the network, said it was merely "wishful thinking" if anyone took the release seriously.
But the cobra wasn't the only one to take over a website this April Fools' Day.
FunnyorDie.com turned their site into FridayorDie.com for April Fool's Day. (FunnyorDie.com)
FunnyorDie.com became Friday or Die, with "music legend" Rebecca Black making the satirical video outpost her own personal website with a series of self-spoofing videos.
Following last year's Bieber or Die with Justin Bieber, the 13-year-old Black joined the rest of the world in joking about her rise to YouTube infamy, including a clip called "Betwixt The Music: Rebecca Black" ? a look back at her (not very long) career.
Google, always one of the most ardent April Fools' Day celebrators, launched "Gmail Motion," which allows users to mime directions to their email. Google also played a trick on typeface fans, claiming that after extensive research, it would on Monday make Comic Sans the default font across all Google products. Search the more beloved "Helvetica" on Google, and results come in the less esteemed Comic Sans.
VIRAL VIDEO STARS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
YouTube remade viral videos like the Annoying Orange and the Keyboard Cat in scratchy black-and-white silent clips, purportedly from 1911. (Keyboard Cat became Flugelhorn Feline.) Hulu took a similar approach, dating their video repository to the Web's dial-up days of 1996.
The business-centric social networking hub LinkedIn offered unusual connections in its "people you may know" section, including Groucho Marx and Sherlock Holmes.
And the software developer Atlassian launched its own version of the enormously popular mobile game Angry Birds: Angry Nerds.
With News Wire Services
Amanda Marcum Melissa Sagemiller Sarah Gellman Elisabeth Röhm Poppy Montgomery
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