Snakes set loss at Chinese university .

 

Students at the university in the the southern part of Chinese city of Guangzhou got  scare last week, after dozens of snakes visits the campus.

The Guangzhou Daily described on Monday that  the animal command experts had caught around 40 live snakes on Saturday after most of the reptiles were spotted writhing alongside a road in Guangzhou University City.

Around 60 snakes have been also found dead, nearly all squashed by cars.

"On my way to the library I saw a green snake lying on the roadside in the sun, was about 50 cm long, " the newspaper quoted one student as writing with Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter.
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An official at Sunshine Yat-Sen University contacted by CNN confirmed that snakes were being found but said they did not know any details.

Zhang Liang, through the South China Institute involving Endangered Animals, identified the particular snakes as chequered keelbacks, a common species in the community, and said they weren't poisonous.

"This kind of snake likes sunshine. It's timid and is not going to hurt people, " he said.

If they found a snake, he said that learners should call the city's untamed animal protection bureau and never poke or try to help catch it.

Zhang said he suspected for now that the snakes had been set loss deliberately. Most of the taken snakes had bite marks on the bodies, suggesting they were being kept in a restricted space.

The snake invasion had not been a signifier of a great earthquake or other natural disaster, he cautioned, after students described the incident for apocalyptic sign.