Back in 2011, an unusual snake was born in central Florida - it has two heads, which is a rarity. A Honduran milk snake laid eggs a few months ago, University of Central Florida biologist Daniel Parker said. When the specialist went to check the incubator, he was in for a big surprise. “I could not believe my eyes,” Parker shares his impressions.

According to him, usually two-headed snakes have a different color. Thus, a two-headed albino snake is even more rare, Globalist notes. “Perhaps this is the most beautiful two-headed snake that has ever existed,” the biologist admires.

Albino snakes have no dark pigmentation on their skin, and shades of red, orange and white color are especially pronounced. “In captivity, two-headed snakes live up to 20 years,” Parker notes. “Given that two independent brains give commands to one body, life is quite bizarre. Of course, such a snake could not survive in wild nature».

Last summer, the Yalta Zoo acquired an unusual snake with two heads. The miracle reptile was brought from abroad. As Oleg Zubkov, director of the zoo, told an UNIAN correspondent, the two-headed snake, which is born one in a million individuals, settled in the Yalta zoo only during the tourist season.

The menagerie rented the reptile from the Germans. Note that the last time a similar instance was shown in Switzerland 20 years ago. “Interesting, unique animal: two heads, two brains, one belly. One head is dominant, the other is more passive. They eat at the same time. During feeding, a plastic spatula is placed between the heads so that one does not eat the other,” said the director of the zoo. By the way, the insurance cost of the snake is 50 thousand euros, Ukrainian News notes.

Interestingly, king snakes usually prey on other reptiles, and therefore there is concern that one of the heads of a living "dragon" may eat the other. Therefore, in the zoo, each head is carefully monitored and well fed.

To show tourists and residents of the Crimea a snake with two heads, the zoo has attracted the cooperation of the Kiev company Bion Terrarium Center, which is engaged in breeding and import-export of exotic animals. The company cooperates with centers, zoos and experts all over the world.

An unusual animal - a two-headed python - was discovered by journalists in southern Germany. According to British media, the royal python lives in the city of Villingen-Schwenningen.

According to its owner, Stefan Broghammer, the two-headed python is 1 year old, the snake is about 0.5 meters long. S. Broghammer claims that his pet is one of only two snakes in the world with two heads.

The king python, also called the ball python or the ball python, is a non-venomous snake from the genus of true pythons, common in Africa. This is one of the most popular snakes kept in captivity.

But on the Internet, photos of two-headed snakes are not so few ...

An unusual snake was born in central Florida - it has two heads, which is very rare. A Honduran milk snake laid eggs a few months ago, University of Central Florida biologist Daniel Parker said. When the specialist went to check the incubator, he was in for a big surprise. "I couldn't believe my eyes," says Parker.

According to him, usually two-headed snakes have a different color. Thus, a two-headed albino snake is an even greater rarity. "Perhaps this is the most beautiful two-headed snake ever," the biologist enthuses.

Albino snakes do not have dark pigmentation on their skin, and shades of red, orange and white are especially pronounced. "In captivity, two-headed snakes live up to 20 years," notes Parker. - Considering that two independent brains give commands to one body, life turns out to be quite bizarre. Of course, such a snake could not survive in the wild."

This summer, the Yalta Zoo acquired an unusual snake with two heads. The miracle reptile was brought from abroad. According to zoo director Oleg Zubkov, the two-headed snake, which is born one in a million individuals, settled in the Yalta zoo only during the tourist season. The menagerie rented the reptile from the Germans. Note that the last time a similar instance was shown in Switzerland 20 years ago. "An interesting, unique animal: two heads, two brains, one stomach. One head is dominant, the other is more passive. They eat at the same time. During feeding, they put a plastic spatula between the heads so that one does not eat the other," the director of the zoo said. By the way, the insurance value of the snake is 50 thousand euros.

Recall that in the spring of 2011, a cat named Luntya with five ears settled with a Voronezh scientist. Associate Professor of the Department of Anatomy, general biology and Histology of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Voronezh State Agricultural University Vladimir Obryvkov has been studying the physical anomalies of animals for many years. From local villages and nearby regions, they bring him live exhibits worthy of a cabinet of curiosities - a calf with two heads, tails, two hearts, a lamb - a cyclops, chickens with four legs, Siamese twins - piglets, a pig with a trunk, a foal with two noses and three eyes.

Last summer, acquaintances told Obryvkov about an unusual kitten that lives in Voronezh under pipes near a canteen near Rabochey Prospekt. The scientist, who never had cats, decided to take her to his place - for science and for the joy of his nine-year-old son and six-year-old daughter. "Two main auricles she has - normal, additional - mirrored, rotated 180 degrees," - says Obryvkov. His cat has unusually large paws, which is called acromegaly, on the cheekbones - leather earrings, and on the lower eyelids - islands of wool in the form of pom-poms. According to the scientist, there are only two such individuals in the whole of Russia.

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the largest collection of two-headed animals belongs to Todd Ray. On this moment it has 22 different individuals. You can see them with your own eyes at the exhibition in Venice Beach.

Today we bring to your attention ten of the most recent and studied cases of finding such creatures discovered over the past two years.

10. Two-headed snakes

Medusa is a two-headed albino striated king snake from Honduras. Apparently, she is the most famous two-headed snake in the world. Medusa was born in 2011 and is alive to this day. Caring owners of the snake even created her own page on Facebook.

9. Two-headed lamb


At the end of September 2014, a two-headed lamb was born in New Zealand. Scientists have found that in fact he had only one head, which had two mouths, two noses and three eyes. Few believed that the lamb would survive, however, he managed to last 6 weeks.

8. Cat named Venus (Venus)


Technically, Venus has only one head, but her coloration is so amazing that it looks like a cat has two. Scientists believe that this color is caused by different sets of genes that appeared as a result of the merger of two embryos into one.

7. Two-headed pig


Two-headed pigs have been given special attention since 2007 in China, when celebrations were held there in January in honor of the Year of the Pig. At the same time, it was announced that a two-headed pig had been born in Quanzhou Township in East China's Fujian Province. Since then, China has taken the lead in paying attention to these oddities. In 2013, two two-headed piglets were born at once, one of which was born in April in the village of Jiujiang, and the second in December in the city of Nanchang, the capital of the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi.

6 Two-Headed Salamander


In December 2014, a two-headed tadpole was born in one of the laboratories in Israel. fire salamander. He received the name "Arne and Sebastian". Laboratory staff said that the reasons for such a mutation can be both quite ordinary, associated with chance, and caused by pollution. environment.

5. Two-headed dolphin


In August 2014, information about a dead two-headed dolphin found on the coast of Turkey slipped through many media. His carcass was sent for further research to the laboratory. That same year, the carcass of a dead two-headed whale was discovered in a lagoon in Baja, California.

4. Two-headed cow


Behind Last year two-headed cows were born in the most different parts light: in Europe, Australia and North America. The most recent case occurred in April 2015 in Baker County, Florida. A farmer discovered a two-headed calf on his property and named it Annabelle. Today, the calf is fed with a special bottle because its head is too heavy for it to lift it up and drink its mother's milk.

3. Two-headed turtles


In 2014, several cases of the birth of two-headed turtles were registered at once. One of them was born at the San Antonio Zoo. Unfortunately, she passed away in July 2014. In September 2014, a Maine resident discovered a two-headed turtle. She named her Frank and Stein (Frankenstein).

2 Two Headed Shark


In March 2013, a Florida fisherman caught a bull

In the world of wildlife, there are many shocking creatures that amaze the imagination and even make you shudder. We offer to find out if there are two-headed snakes, and if so, what is the reason for their appearance. Research and findings have proven - yes, such unusual reptiles do exist. History knows several concrete examples.

general characteristics

Two-headed snakes are quite rare, so catching one of them is a real stroke of luck. In addition, they do not have a long lifespan, often dying in the very first days. The reasons for their appearance by researchers have not yet been established, but they suggest that the main one is a genetic mutation against the background of a poor environmental background. In addition, such "monsters" may also appear for a completely natural reason - identical twins at an early stage of development did not completely separate. This happens in warm-blooded animals and even in humans.

Peculiarities

Not so many snakes with two heads fell into the hands of scientists, but, nevertheless, some features of these unusual reptiles were identified.

• If double-headedness is the result genetic mutation, then a single digestive system is inherent in reptiles. If such snakes appeared as a result of incomplete separation of the twins, then each of the heads has its own digestive system.
• The heads are not distinguished by friendliness towards each other and during feeding they strive to take away food from the “neighbor”. If the animal was kept in laboratory conditions, people put up a special partition so that the heads could calmly saturate.

Another problem with a two-headed snake is the difficulty in determining the direction of movement. The heads are united by a single body, but they cannot “agree” among themselves on which direction to crawl. This feature deprives the reptile of dynamism, so it becomes a victim of predators more often than its ordinary counterparts.

real animals

Here are examples of real-life two-headed snakes that fell into the hands of scientists:

• The German albino is a reptile that traveled the world and even visited the Yalta Zoo.
• Ussuri two-headed snake, which was caught in 1970 and for some time was a resident of a corner of nature at the school.
• The Honduran milk snake originated in Florida, USA. Researchers consider it the most beautiful of these bizarre creations of nature. Her name is Medusa, she was born in 2011 and, according to the latest data, is still alive. Photos of Medusa and its bright color can be seen below.

These are by no means all examples of unusual animals, since a very small number of them reach researchers - most of them die in nature in the first days after birth. The fact is that the heads enthusiastically "fight" with each other for the right to control the body, and do not get their own food.

Amphisbaena

Perhaps two-headed snakes in nature gave rise to all sorts of legends about mythical creatures. So, in ancient Greece there was a mysterious monster Amphisbaena, the second head of which was located on its own tail. She could move in any direction - for this she placed the “tail” head in her mouth and, taking the form of a ring, rolled over.

Amphisbaena was distinguished by a high body temperature - snow melted under her "steps", in addition, the mythical monster was also poisonous.

We

One of the most famous two-headed snakes is the We rat snake, which has lived in captivity for about 8 years. This snake long time was the main attraction of St. Louis, the city's aquarium. At one time, the snake was purchased from a breeder for 15 thousand dollars, but thanks to the millions of tourists who were eager to take a sensational photo with the curiosity, We quickly paid back our cost. Children especially fell in love with the snake - the reptile made an indelible impression on them.

Snake We was a hermaphrodite, that is, in her body there were female and male genital organs. Aquarium staff tried to mate her with another two-headed snake, but were unsuccessful. After death, We made an effigy from the corpse.

Having become acquainted with the features of snakes with two heads, we will learn a few interesting facts about these creatures of nature:

• An unusual mutation is characteristic of reptiles to a greater extent than any other living creatures. Most often, two-headed water snakes are born, but there have been exceptions. So, we managed to catch even an unusual cobra.
• Reptiles have two brains that function completely independently, but only one body. One of the heads becomes dominant, the second is most often passive. If both begin to "show character", then it is very difficult for them.
• An albino with two heads appears one in a million individuals.
• The Medusa snake has its own account in social network run by its owners.

Such are the unusual creatures of the fauna, two-headed reptiles - frightening, but very peculiar.

An unusual snake was born in central Florida - it has two heads, which is very rare. A Honduran milk snake laid eggs a few months ago, University of Central Florida biologist Daniel Parker said. When the specialist went to check the incubator, he was in for a big surprise. "I couldn't believe my eyes," says Parker.

According to him, usually two-headed snakes have a different color. Thus, a two-headed albino snake is even more rare, Globalist notes. "Perhaps this is the most beautiful two-headed snake ever," the biologist enthuses.

Albino snakes do not have dark pigmentation on their skin, and shades of red, orange and white are especially pronounced. "In captivity, two-headed snakes live up to 20 years," notes Parker. - Considering that two independent brains give commands to one body, life turns out to be quite bizarre. Of course, such a snake could not survive in the wild."

This summer, the Yalta Zoo acquired an unusual snake with two heads. The miracle reptile was brought from abroad. Zoo director Oleg Zubkov told an UNIAN correspondent that the two-headed snake, which is born one in a million individuals, settled in the Yalta zoo only during the tourist season. The menagerie rented the reptile from the Germans. Note that the last time a similar instance was shown in Switzerland 20 years ago. "An interesting, unique animal: two heads, two brains, one stomach. One head is dominant, the other is more passive. They eat at the same time. During feeding, they put a plastic spatula between the heads so that one does not eat the other," the director of the zoo said. By the way, the insurance cost of the snake is 50,000 euros, Ukrainian News notes.

Recall that in the spring of 2011, a cat named Luntya with five ears settled with a Voronezh scientist. Associate Professor of the Department of Anatomy, General Biology and Histology of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Voronezh State Agro University Vladimir Obryvkov has been studying the physical anomalies of animals for many years. From local villages and nearby regions, they bring him live exhibits worthy of a cabinet of curiosities - a calf with two heads, tails, two hearts, a lamb - a cyclops, chickens with four legs, Siamese twins - piglets, a pig with a trunk, a foal with two noses and three eyes.

Last summer, acquaintances told Obryvkov about an unusual kitten that lives in Voronezh under pipes near a canteen near Rabochey Prospekt. The scientist, who never had cats, decided to take her to his place - for science and for the joy of his nine-year-old son and six-year-old daughter. "Two main auricles she has - normal, additional - mirrored, rotated 180 degrees," - says Obryvkov. His cat has unusually large paws, which is called acromegaly, on the cheekbones there are skin earrings, and on the lower eyelids there are islands of wool in the form of pom-poms, writes Lipetsk Regional News. According to the scientist, there are only two such individuals in the whole of Russia.