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Thursday, 4 April, 2002, 10:31 GMT 11:31 UK
Two-headed snake found
This two-headed snake is being studied by scientists in Spain.
The biological curiosity has four eyes and two tongues.
Zoologists at the University of Valencia say the rare reptile can eat using both heads at the same time. They hope to discover if it has two separate digestive tracts and whether one head is dominant over the other. The baby ladder snake was found by a farmer in a village in Alicante. Lucky discovery It is believed to be a few months old and is lucky to have survived in the wild. Eating is a slow process and the two heads have been known to fight each other for food. Other double-headed snakes have been found in Honduras, the United States, Sri Lanka and Argentina. A two-headed corn snake named Thelma and Louise was kept at San Diego Zoo on the US west coast. It had 15 normal snake offspring before it died.
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