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Animal of the Year: The 2011 Distinction That Really Matters

Sure, TIME unveiled its Person of the Year, The Protester, on Wednesday. But isn’t the whole Person of the Year concept a little, well, species-ist? Being the animal lovers that we are at NewsFeed, we couldn’t help but take a moment to recognize the non-human accomplishments of 2011.

Close-up of an Egyptian cobra (Heloderma horridum) rearing up, Lake Victoria, Uganda

It’s a Mia: At Last, The Bronx Zoo Cobra Has a Name

No wonder the cobra ran away (er, slithered away?) in the first place; poor thing didn’t even have a name!

Close-up of an Egyptian cobra (Heloderma horridum) rearing up, Lake Victoria, Uganda

Found: Lost Cobra, Bronx Zoo, Very Hungry

New Yorkers can now rest easy — the escaped Bronx Zoo Cobra has been found ssssafe and ssssound, and not at Yankee Stadium.