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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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What students leave behind

Student booty: African coral snake
A 6ft snake: yes, honestly. It just didn’t fit into Mummy’s Fiat 500 Photograph: Wild Images Ltd/Getty Images
Student booty: Pole dancing pole
A pole dancing pole: bought as preparation for a holiday job, perhaps Photograph: Rex Features
Student booty: A model skeleton
Life-size skeleton: actually worth about £150, if you believe The Apprentice crowd Photograph: Stockdisc/Getty
Student booty: Budgies
A pair of budgies Photograph: David Levene
Student booty: A white rabbit
Giant white pet rabbit Photograph: O Lassen/Corbis
Student booty: Paddling pool
10ft inflatable outdoor pool filled with water: left behind by the wettest student in halls, obviously Photograph: Denis Closon/Rex Features
Student booty: Chicken feet
Frozen chicken feet: food for the 6ft snake? Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
Student booty: Kama Sutra and whips
A whip and a copy of the Karma Sutra: par for the course, surely; less useful though chez Ma and Pa Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features, David Levene
Student booty: Scuba diving suit with air tank and flippers
Scuba diving suit with air tank and flippers: so hilarious for the fancy dress ball, but less so the morning after with only a wheelie suitcase to pack Photograph: Ulrik Tofte/Getty Images
Student booty: Air hockey table
Full-size air hockey table: definitely the sexiest item on the list. Can EducationGuardian have this please? Photograph: Jimmy Collins/Corbis
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