Spanish 2 headed snake

[Lynn]

http://www.knight-weaver.com/pras/twohead.htm

[Wesley Carlson]

Wow, that's really neat. How exciting would it be to get to work with something like that?

[Lynn]

It sure would be a learning thing..

[reptiledude2]

wow is it still alive

[Lynn]

I do not see why it would not be.. Both heads are eating

[RachelS.]

That really is cool. But, what causes a two-headed animal? Inbreeding, right?

[csnake]

Originally posted by RachelS.
That really is cool. But, what causes a two-headed animal? Inbreeding, right?


It is basically a birth defect. Just like how some people have 6 toes. Sure you could get a two-headed snake from generations of inbreeding, but you could also get it through a normal non-related parental brreeding. It's rare but that's not to say that it doesn't occur every now and then. :)

[Jeff Byers]

2 headed reptiles occure when the embryo is splitting to form twins. They are basically twins that stopped splitting for some reason.

[RachelS.]

Oh okay. I was told it was from inbreeding, but I knew that probably wasn't the correct answer. Thanks!!!