When the Stengrim family of Wilton found out there was a venomous snake on the loose at the Bronx Zoo, they were captivated.
"We followed it closely," said Sue Stengrim.
Frequent Bronx Zoo visitors, the Stengrims are on the zoo's mailing list. When they received an email from the zoo soliciting names for the Egyptian snake, they sat down and started brainstorming.
The family entered four names. Sue's husband entered Cobra Cabana, Sue's 4-year-old chose Rueben, her 6-year-old entered Hiding-Go Snake and Sue thought of Cleopatra.
"It was an exotic name with obvious ties," Sue said of her choice.
Cleopatra was one of five names picked to be finalists in the contest. About 34,000 names were submitted, according to the Bronx Zoo website.
Although Sue's name was not chosen, she said it was exciting that it was in contention.
"It was a lot of fun, even though our name wasn't picked," said Stengrim.
The winning name was Mia, for "missing in action."
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