Snakes with two heads are captured alive

Dual head creatures are often unable to live long because their heads compete for food and it is very rare to be captured in a living state. Meanwhile, a snake baby with two heads in the United States was captured.

Two-headed Copperhead | The Wildlife Center of Virginia
https://www.wildlifecenter.org/news_events/news/two-headed-copperhead

Rare two-headed snake discovered in Virginia - CNN Video
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/09/24/two-headed-snake-discovered-virginia-nr-vpx.cnn

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You can see the snake moving from the following movie.

Rare two-headed snake discovered in Virginia


Two-headed snakes were discovered in the garden of ordinary households in the USA / North Virginia. Virginia's wildlife center captured the snake and inspected it and the snake has one heart and one lung, but the brain, trachea and esophagus each have a total of 2 There is one thing.

An X - ray picture looks like this. You can see that the bones extending from the left and right heads are integrated into one in the middle.

The wildlife center explains "From the anatomy it seems that the head on the right is suitable for eating things, but the head on the left seems to move dominantly."

Creatures with two heads often die early. This is to fight for which head to swallow prey when gaining prey or try to take different actions when facing the crisis. It is very rare to find a two-headed wild animal, much less a life-long protection that requires extreme care and luck.

As of September 24, 2018, six people have already sent an offer to buy a snake from the state, but the two-headed snake is deposited with a reptilian scholar who is rich in breeding breeding and rearing experience It is done. In the future, if snakes can survive enough, it seems that it is also watching to open to the public at zoos and other places.

In addition, it is rare for two-headed wildlife to be found alive, but the two-headed organisms themselves have been reported so far. In May 2018, "two headed deer" became a topic.

The unusual "two headed deer" is discovered - GIGAZINE