A Croatian resident found a two-headed grass snake lying in the sun in his garden.
Two-headed snakes are very rare in the wild. Photo: Barcroft TV.
Josip Vranic caught a two-headed grass snake in his garden in the town of Kravarsko, outside the Croatian capital Zagreb, Express reported yesterday. “I saw the snake in the garage behind the house. It was sunbathing on the cement floor. I was quite surprised and confused. I couldn’t believe I discovered such a rare animal,” Vranic shared.
Vranic placed the snake in a small basket before inviting his friend Vedran Glavan to photograph the animal. “People who saw the snake in our video didn’t believe it was real. Some people even thought it was a computer-generated production,” Glavan said.
Two-headed snakes are rare in nature, as a result of the developing embryo stopping to divide midway, resulting in a two-headed mutation called polycephaly. Their survival rate is very low because they easily become prey for predators due to their limited mobility and poorly coordinated heads. Therefore, Vranic and Glavan decided to take the snake to a local zoo to increase its chances of survival.
