By FRANCESCA MAXIME pix11.com

5:41 p.m. EDT, April 9, 2011
THE BRONX, N.Y.(PIX11)—
It's Mia madness, at the Bronx Zoo. People had a chance to catch a first glimpse of the Egyptian cobra who went missing, last month - making quite a name for herself in the process.

The public was invited to come up with names for the cobra and settled on "Missing in Action," or Mia, for short. Says Johanne Gaddy, a teacher bringing students in to see the young snake, "I think Mia's a great name, it fits."

Mia went missing for a full week last month. After a thorough search, she was found within the Reptile House, safe and sound. Norma Mero brought her family to see the snake: "It wasn't as exciting as I thought it was going to be - she's to tiny! She's very cute, but very small."

Mia is only two feet long, weighs three ounces, and is less than a year old. Eventually, she'll likely grow to over seven feet.

Many of the zoo's visitors were surprised by her small size, but her cobra status wasn't lost on anyone, including a young girl who had this to say: "She kind of surprised me because I thought she'd be bigger: she's cute, but she's dangerous.