Rare Two-Headed Snake Surprises Vets | Nat Geo Wild

A snake breeder in Florida got a two-for-one deal with the latest offspring of his pet boa constrictor.

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The two-week-old snake was born with two distinct heads. The heads emerge from one shared body, extending just a few centimeters from the fork in its neck. Each head lucidly examines their (or its) environment, flicking two distinct tongues through the air.

The snake (or snakes) was brought to celebrity vet Dr. K, short for Dr. Susan Kelleher, who owns an exotic animal care practice in southern Florida. The vet, and the bizarre cases she treats, are the subject of the Nat Geo WILD TV show Dr. K.

It was Dr. T (Lauren Thielen), another vet at the practice, who x-rayed the two-headed snake. That process revealed an even rarer twist in its anatomy. Unlike other two-headed animals that tend to share internal organs, the snake appears to have two hearts.

Read more in "Two-Headed Snake Has Extremely Rare Double Hearts" here:

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[StaySomniaaa]

One of the heads wasn't tongue flicking, though. And it seemed less alert than the other.

[GodittoC]

Therapist: The Hydra isn't real, it can't hurt you.

The Hydra:

[danieliswoke]

The guy who brought in the snake was actually my grandpa and he sells snakes for a living, it was cool see my grandpa on tv/youtube lol.

[lghekce]

I had a huge phobia of snakes and this was the first time I watched something about snakes voluntarily. But seeing people being so happy about this snake, listening to her heartbit and making photos with it was so, so cute that I get that their love for snakes through the screen and cannot afraid of this unique cutie anymore :)

[Lexpool]

"She's such a two faced snake!"
She:

[milkman]

Prepare for trouble








And make it DOUBLE

[AzlianaLyana]

2 headed snakes? With 2 hearts? Hope they can grow and become a strong one. Weird, but incredible. I wonder, do they eat for two or just one? Thanks National Geographic for sharing.

[dayrilanthonys.villegas]

When I was in Malaysia, I was told of a legend there that if you saw a two headed snake, put your hand in the middle of its heads and it will crawl on your hand and transform to a bracelet that would give you unimagible powers

[mysticdragonex]

Snake
1st Head: Who are you?
2nd Head: I am you, but just you.

[brettforsyth]

So maybe two headed dragons are just a rare mutation rather than a species?

[danohsham]

These kind of snake were common in East Africa, though not in large number, we call them dumakuwili in swahili.

[vinylbringer]

Cut off one head, and two more shall take it’s place

[omri]

Snakes and turtles with 2 heads are much more common than in most animals.
For some reason they can also survive a lot longer with this condition.

[melybean]

Me: *is scared of snakes*
Also me: *watches video anyway*

[ward]

I love how happy she was about finding out about two hearts

[illestwhite]

really cool. who decides when they want to slither around, though?

[des-astre]

1:31"Bro- brother, what are you doing mmfghhf..."

[fathaja]

You can see the young vet is very passionate about her job

[Grumpinatr]

The "You'll never be alone" takes a new whole sense 😂
By the way sometimes they just look like cuddling when they put their head on each other.
Super cute.

[TheDullNull]

Its like a
Hideous Zippleback
From How to train your dragon