Tiger-Lily, the resident two-headed Western rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus) on the Missouri Division of Conservation’s (MDC) Shepherd of the Hills Conservation Heart will rejoice her birthday on the middle October 7 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The feminine snake was discovered within the wild by a household in southwest Missouri about six years in the past. The household named the snake after which introduced it to the Shepherd of the Hills Conservation Heart, in line with the Missouri Division of Conservation. The snake has grown to almost 5 toes in size in these six years, and apparently likes to eat. However as a result of she has just one esophagus, the parents who feed her put a cup over one head whereas the opposite eats, after which they swap and feed the opposite head.
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The division has one other two-headed western rat snake on show on the MDC’s Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Heart in southeast Missouri. Tiger-lily is greater than 4 toes in size and is rising at a gradual price. She sheds frequently.
A two-headed rat snake present in North Carolina by Jeannie Wilson. She posted a video and made it public on Fb, asking the place she ought to deliver it. Photograph by Jeannie Wilson/Fb
“A two-headed snake would even be extraordinarily weak to predation as a result of it wouldn’t have the power to flee into the conventional holes and crevices that one-headed snakes can match into,” the division mentioned in a information launch. “Nevertheless, in a captive state of affairs, a two-headed snake’s probabilities of survival are significantly better.”
Two-headed rat snake at Cameron Park Zoo in Texas. Photograph through Cameron Park Zoo Fb web page.
Western Rat Snake Info
The Western rat snake is also called the black rat snake and is present in central North America west of the Mississippi Rive. They’re diurnal and might be present in a spread of habitats, together with prairies, rock outcrops, wooded areas and bayous. They will develop to about six toes in size. They’re broadly captive bred and might stay greater than 15 years in captivity.
Two-headed albino California kingsnake. Photograph by Andreas-Wolochow/Shutterstock
Two-headed Snake Info
Two-headed snakes are uncommon however not unusual. They’re mentioned to stay a shortened life within the wild as a consequence of the truth that they’ve two heads, which can inhibit their defenses when confronted by predators. Circumstances of captive-born two-headed snakes happen nearly yearly. They’re undoubtedly cool snakes. Nicolas Cage is reported to have bought a two-headed snake gopher snake for $80,000. That snake, named after the Batman villain Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, was donated in 2008 to the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. Harvey died on the zoo at age 14.
