Thai university students were terrified after a huge python dropped down from the roof.

The 12-ft long python was seen poised menacingly inside the Thammasat university in Pathum Thani, Thailand, on September 28.

Shocked staff stayed away from the reptile while they waited for the emergency services to arrive.

Lecturer Phupa Phuwananon said he was shocked by the appearance of the snake, which appeared to have penetrated the wooden roof.

He said: "There are lots of the reptiles living around our campus, but seeing a snake hanging down from the ceiling was so surprising.

"I think the reason the snake was up there is because of its nest, or some of prey such as rats might have been running around up there and it was trying to catch them.''

The university called the local rescue team who caught the snake and released it back to its natural habitat.

University students were terrified after a huge python dropped down from the roof.

The 12ft long python was seen poised menacingly inside the Thammasat university in Pathum Thani, Thailand, on September 28.

Shocked staff stayed well back from the reptile while they waited for the emergency services to arrive.

Lecturer Phupa Phuwananon said he was shocked by the appearance of the snake, which appeared to have penetrated the wooden roof.

He said: "There are lots of the reptiles living around our campus, but seeing a snake hanging down from the ceiling was so surprising.

"I think the reason the snake was up there because of its nest, or some of prey such as rats might have been running around up there and it was trying to catch them.''

The university called the local rescue team who caught the snake and released it back to its natural territory.