A strange and rare two-headed snake was discovered in the forest in India.
Photographer and wildlife enthusiast Rakesh Mohalick discovered the fully formed two-headed snake in the Dhenkikote wildlife sanctuary in Kendujhar, Odish state (India)
The snake is not venomous and has a length of 14 cm. It has 2 fully formed heads, 4 eyes and 2 tongues. Unfortunately, snake experts believe such rare creatures do not last long in the wild.
While exotic snakes may be intimidating to some, they are welcome and even considered a blessing in many cultures around the world. In the case of two-headed snakes, they are not always well received by humans.
Two-headed snakes are very rare to find but they occur naturally and are not the result of a scientific experiment. They are born as conjoined twins born from monozygotic twin embryos. Two-headed animals are often referred to as bicephalic or dicephalic.
However, this is not the only two-headed snake found in India in recent times.
In December, locals from the village of Ekarukhi in West Bengal also discovered a two-headed snake. But due to the villagers’ superstition, the state’s Forest Service was unable to catch the snake, according to researcher Herpet Kaustav Chakraborty.
Two-headed snakes have also been found in other countries.
In October 2019, a two-headed snake was found nearly 12,000 kilometers away in China’s Hebei province. A farmer was shocked to discover a rather strange-looking snake crawling across his yard. When he took a closer look, he realized it was a two-headed snake.
