In the East, many believe that the one who knows the snake, and learns the secrets of his creation.The snake is striking for its exceptional features and behaviors.These creatures live in the land, the trees, under the ground, in the water.They have successfully mastered the territory of our planet.
Snakes - Animals unusual, but because since ancient times causing concern humans.They do not have legs, but quickly move swiftly and prey - their cast can not be saved.Snakes are deaf, but incredibly sensitive;prey they hit poisonous sharp teeth or strangled tightly obvivaya it rings.Snakes swallow their prey whole, they have an incredible way apart jaw and ribs.Such examples of originality snakes can cause a lot.
two-headed snake - reality or fiction?
to fantastic stories, this phenomenon has nothing to do.Among the snakes spread of such a mutation, as the appearance of a second head.
Where there are two-headed snake
Such individuals of different species do sometimes born in the world.In nature, they do not survive, although in terrariums often live for a long time.Curiously, the two heads on a single body does not feel one being.Each of them tries to during breast grab food from his "colleagues".
In the zoo in San Diego for a long time lived royal two-headed snake (Lampropeltis getula).Both heads of the creatures were in constant fear for his life, and as it turned out - not unreasonably.One night, one head is suddenly attacked other.Of the conflict allowed the Parish zookeepers.He managed to pacify the rebellious head.Saved snake lived very long.The very next day the head, attacked, decided to take revenge on the offender - to battle the snake died.
Calabar
In nature, two-headed snake (photos of this amazing creature you can see in this article) can not exist.But there is one unusual species of reptiles - snake Calabar.
She pretends to be a two-headed individual.And that it manages.It is deceiving not only predators, but also people.Calabar head is one, very small, with small, almost imperceptible eyes.This snake, about a meter long, burying his head, looking for food in the leaves, while for care and raises the tail menacingly slowly shakes it from side to side, as if his head.
Her tail has a dark spot, and under it is another, white color, which is very successfully mimics the neck.This trick always works, it distracts and frightens the enemy.Locals believe that the Calabar - two-headed snake, and it is very afraid.In fact, it is completely harmless.There is another feature of this snake - danger when she quickly rolled into a ball, which is virtually impossible to deploy.
albino two-headed snake
famous biologist from Florida Daniel Parker - a true fan of reptiles.Day after day, he wanders through the surrounding swamps in search of interesting species of snakes.
in his house lives a lot of variety of reptiles.One day one of his charges, Honduran milk snake red and black, laid eggs in the living room Parker, and of them hatched young.When a scientist began to examine the offspring, he at first did not understand what was wrong with him.
He soon discovered that instead of black and red were young white-red, that is albino.In addition, one of them was a two-headed.This case did not meet the scientist in all the years of observation.
the zoo "Fairy Tale" in the city of Yalta appeared two-headed snake.She was taken to rent in Germany.In Crimea, she will live during each season.Her insurance cost is 50 000 euros.
According to experts, the two-headed snake was born one in a million cases.This is a unique animal - it has two heads, two "sets" of brains, the only belly.One of the goals is usually dominant, the other more passive.They eat at the same time.When feeding at the zoo between the heads mounted plastic shovel to not eat one another.
