Published 20:26 IST, September 6th 2019
Indonesia: Two-headed snake spotted slithering in the wild by locals
Residents of Bali are in a state of shock as they recently captured a baby snake with two heads in the middle of the wild, small enough to fit in a human palm.
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Residents of Bali are in a state of shock as y recently captured a baby snake with two hes in middle of wild. two-heed reptile was seen sliring in middle of central part of Indonesian holiday island last week. A local resident, Gusti Bagus Eka Budaya said that on his way back home from work, he accidentally parked his bike next to snake, where he ticed it.
Rare two-heed snake
As resident looked more closely at snake, he was shocked to discover that it h two hes inste of one, which was very rare. In a recent video released of tiny serpent, several children are seen gared around little creature, small eugh to fit in a human palm as it slides about a banana leaf decorated with a tritional Balinese Hindu offering.
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However, it hasn’t been found out wher snake is vemous or t. Experts have previously been quoted as saying that two-heed snakes rarely occur in wild and are usually bred in captivity.
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Turtle with two hes
Turtle conservationists in Sabah recently discovered a hatchling with two-hes. conservationists on Sabah's Mabul Turtle Hatchery said little turtle was from a nest of newly hatched 93 baby turtles on July 15. y also ded by stating that in history of around 13,000 hatchlings from hatchery and have never seen anything like this before.
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Sabah Wildlife Department’s Horary Wildlife Wardens (HWWs) were extremely intrigued and occupied as re was ar turtle nesting soon after first. This rare condition is kwn as dicephalism, it has been ticed in a wide variety of species. This eye-catching developmental abrmality, popularly kwn as bicephaly or dicephaly, is a phemen that has been evident for last 150 years.
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This phemen happens due to inbreeding in captivity. With special care, such creatures usually die at a very young because y have difficulty escaping predators and foraging for food. Also, sometimes in case of two-heed animals, one he is uaully a little bit more dominant over or one.
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19:17 IST, September 6th 2019