Snakes in Campus? Chuka University guards kill a 3 Meter long Python.
Chuka University Students take pictures of a snake that was killed by security personell as it tried to feast on a goat from the campus farm.Photo/getty images. Comrades in Chuka University are in fear after security guards’ from the Tharaka Nithi-based campus killed a python close to 3 metre long. According to some students who were at the scene, the reptile was caught trying to feast on one of the goats from the farm, few meters away from the university's school of media. It is not clear where the snake came from, but the security personnel at the institution believe that the reptile may have sneaked from the nearby mango plantations. "Such large snakes are found in bushy environments, and the thick mango plantation may have been used for hibernation by the snake", said one of the guards at the institution. At the same time, the campus administration has warned comrades to keep off the plantation for fear of some more family members of the dead r