Pet Cat Brings Home a Rare Two-Headed Snake

[IcyPeas]

The snake is now in the care of Florida Wildlife Conservation’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

The snake’s two-headed stature is called bicephaly, and it happens when an embryo begins to split into identical twins but doesn’t separate all the way. The condition isn’t unique to snakes—in humans, bicephaly results in conjoined twins...

Dos the snake has two independent heads with their own brains, flicking tongues and throats. Unfortunately, that causes problems both when avoiding predators like the Rogers’ cat, and when trying to find its own meals. A video of Dos shows how the pair of heads struggle to decide what direction to slither, sometimes flipping themselves upside down as each attempts to lead the way

The snake’s two heads make it uncoordinated, so it struggles to eat, Rogers tells WFTS. One head would see the food and try to move toward it, but the other would pull in the other direction. At the research institute, Dos has been able to eat every couple of days. It’s now over a month old.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/florida-pet-cat-brings-home-rare-two-headed-snake-180976144/

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[Bayard]

1. Way cool

Article says its a juvenile Southern Black Racer. Here's what the adults look like:

[IcyPeas]

3. Just imagine the cat bringing that home.

[Meadowoak]

2. Two headed snake? It has to be a republican!