HERE’S THE SCOOP:
- A rare two-headed snake has people debating on if it’s one snake or two.
- The snakes are identical twins that did not fully separate.
- Their brains are independent, but they share everything else.
A rare two-headed snake has people wondering if it’s one snake or two.
The snakes are identical twins that didn’t fully separate. Their brains are independent, but they share everything else — including a stomach.
“The two brains might want to go in different directions,” said Jay Brewer, owner of The Reptile Zoo. “When that happened, the body would just vibrate in place, going nowhere until one side gave in.”
Brewer owns the two-headed snake, having nurtured other reptiles of the sort in the past.
“I don’t know how snakes feel about having two heads,” he said. “Their shrinks aren’t allowed to tell me.”
However, his newest two-headed addition doesn’t seem to be butting heads — so to speak.
“This snake has a dominate brain that makes the decisions,” Brewer said.
The Reptile Zoo is home to hundreds of other creatures, including alligators, pythons, cobras, vipers, turtles, tortoises, boas, bearded dragons, geckos, skinks, frogs, toads, catfish, and tarantulas.
“This business morphed from a pet store to an educational center,” Brewer said. “Kids love my animals. They’re not video games. They’re not on a screen. They’re real.”
Source: The OCR
Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG
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