Ever feel at betting odds with yourself ? If so , you might have some sympathy for a snake found in Florida this week that has two head . Far from the adage “ two chief are better than one , ” the animal has been reported to be suffering from a conflict of interests , as each head has an independent brain and they do n’t seem to always accord . Thetwo - headedSouthern bleak racer snake is the result of twins that go to furcate as they developed , meaning the single body is support the agendas of two animals .
The rarefied snake was enamor by wildlife official from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ( FWC)Fish and Wildlife Research Institute , who shared the surprising find on Facebook . They have aver that the serpent will need to stay on in captivity as the clash of the two brains mean it has difficulty make life and death determination , which could see it consume by a predatory animal or repeatedly losing quarry .
report to the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute after it was discovered in a habitation in Florida , the indecisive snake in the grass has a condition calledbicephaly . This is the event of two monozygotic twins , also known as very twins , that do n’t separate full as the embryo develops . It entail the two snake share a dead body but have separate head , double-dyed with tongues and tooth .
“ A rare two - headed southerly mordant racing car was late found at a mansion house in Palm Harbor by Kay Rogers and kin , ” said the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute onFacebook . “ Both heads tongue picture show and react to movement , but not always in the same way . Two - manoeuver snakes are unlikely to come through in the wilderness as the two mastermind make different decisiveness that inhibit the ability to feed or escape from marauder . The snake is presently being cared for and monitored by FWC staff . ”
Bicephaly is more vulgar inreptilesas they produce a large number of materialisation increasing the chance of this sort of rare misshapenness occurring . They also go forth their egg unwrap to the environs where many factors such as temperature and humidness can falsify the upshot of the hatchlings . Bicephalyis also a common side effect of inbreeding snakes , but as with the black racer snake , it can happen in the natural state . Usually one of the two heads will be predominant arrive at life a small gentle , but apparently the conjoined twins can sometimes butt on chief , cognitively speaking .
