Gigantic Black Snake Slithers Along Subway Platform in New York City: 'This Can't Be Real'

[oeb11]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gi...EJB?li=BBnb7Kz


City: 'This Can't Be Real'


Step aside, pizza rat! There's a new animal going viral for their subway antics now.
© Provided by People Getty Video of a gigantic black snake slithering across a New York City subway platform was posted on Twitter, leaving residents and social media viewers scratching their heads and wondering how the reptile made its way onto the station platform in the first place.
Transit worker Canella Gomez shared the video in a Twitter post on Sunday, writing, "Being a #TrainOperator for @NYCTSubway I thought I have seen it all but this can’t be real."
In the video, the reptile, which looks to be several feet long, slowly slides along an unidentified Brooklyn transit platform, glancing around the station as the feet of one individual are seen standing closely near the snake in the background. Gomez told the New York Post that he did not take the video but that it was sent to him instead.
© Getty The MTA shared they are "investigating" the situation RELATED: Researchers Name Newly-Discovered Snake Species After Salazar Slytherin from Harry Potter
It remains unclear how the snake ended up on the platform but the animal sighting even left the MTA confused, who said they are investigating the situation.

"If you sssee sssomething, sssay sssomething," they joked in a tweet. "But seriously, this is a new one for us and we are investigating. If you see a snake or any other suspicious reptiles, please immediately contact an MTA employee."
Per social media commentators, the snake in the video appears to potentially be a non-venomous black eastern rat snake, which can grow up to 7 feet in length, according to the National Wildlife Federation. Their natural habitat typically extends from Connecticut to South Carolina and as far west as Kansas and Oklahoma.
Thankfully the eastern rat snake is largely harmless to humans as it prefers to eat frogs, eggs, and more common subway dwellers — rodents.
New Yorkers were quick to make light of the situation, however, as one user wrote, "I'm sick of these m F ing snakes on this mfing train ( in my Samuel Jackson voice)," as New York City Councilman Justin Brannan replied, "Snake moves faster than the R train."




When mayor Dumblasio refuses to deal with the out of control rat situation in NY Shitty - the obvious consequences - are rat predators gonna show up.

maybe it will feed on a few DPST's! Likely find them indigestible.

[Unique_Carpenter]

Yes, that's a Black Rat snake. Several feet long means several years old, and yes a predator of rats.
There's variations of that type of snake as well. I'm more familiar with the version that hangs out at edges of swamps & waterways. Absolutely fantastic at rodent control.
Maybe oeb's last paragraph above will come true.

[The_Waco_Kid]

gigantic???


https://twitter.com/TripleG_RTO/stat...42383221653506


in NYC they may call that gigantic, in Texas we call it dinner for two.


BAHHAAAAAAAAA

[Levianon17]

Originally Posted by Unique_Carpenter

Yes, that's a Black Rat snake. Several feet long means several years old, and yes a predator of rats.
There's variations of that type of snake as well. I'm more familiar with the version that hangs out at edges of swamps & waterways. Absolutely fantastic at rodent control.
Maybe oeb's last paragraph above will come true.

I think they are in the same family as the King Snake. They get pretty dam big but aren't dangerous.

[Lucas McCain]

I work a lot in NYC. I "cab it" everywhere and I never take the subway because they are a cesspool of fucked up weird shit. I don't mind going there for work, but I don't know how people live there because you are so on top of each other all of the time. DFW may not be the best, but at least you get your space. Oh, and no state or city income taxes like NYC.

[Jackie S]

What is so astonishing about finding a snake that just loves to eat rats in a rat infested subway system.?

[friendly fred]

Originally Posted by Jackie S

What is so astonishing about finding a snake that just loves to eat rats in a rat infested subway system.?

Excellent observation!