Endangered Snake Spotted On Holyoke Community College Campus

HOLYOKE (CBS) – Students at Holyoke Community College are being warned to watch out for a slithering visitor to campus.

The school said in a Facebook post that a black rat snake was spotted Thursday crossing the street on campus.

Please be careful driving on Doyle Drive. This black rat snake was spotted this morning on the #HCC campus crossing the...

Posted by Holyoke Community College on Thursday, May 26, 2016

Though the snakes are not venomous, they can grow to be more than eight feet long and are endangered.

"As the weather warms up, they like to bask in the sun," the school wrote. "Don't we all."

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