Two headed snake heads for higher ground...

[Sputnik]

Me and my news stories...:( :

Long-lived two-headed snake dies - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_on_fe_st/rare_snake_dies)

[Jake]

Makes me twice as sad :(

[mikm]

Anyone else think that snake looks like a Butter Motley Corn ???

[VS7]

That's really sad. RIP :(

[chris87]

That's really sad

[Serpentine99]

Did anybody notice the last paragraph about them trying to breed the two headed snake? Albinos are one thing, but such a terrible condition as that should never be something to breed for.

[adamanteus]

Albinos are one thing, but such a terrible condition as that should never be something to breed for.

I agree. Deformity or any other birth defect isn't something to be deliberately encouraged.

[drache]

Did anybody notice the last paragraph about them trying to breed the two headed snake? Albinos are one thing, but such a terrible condition as that should never be something to breed for.

I saw that too
some people's minds are freaks of nature
it's like trying to breed siamese twins

[Sputnik]

Absolutely. It's great the snake lived for that long, as long as it didn't suffer, which it might well have done, but deliberately putting animals through such a problematic life isn't fair.

[Morph]

its quite a problem in the uk. there are a lot of breeders that deliberately breed 2 headed snakes because of the price they can get for them. ive seen suppliers lists where 2 headed snakes cost upwards of £2000 and people must buy them otherwise they wouldnt bother trying to sell them.

i have strong thoughts on selective breeding anyway and this just takes the biscuit.

i hope the snake had a happy life.

[Sputnik]

:eek: Really? I wasn't aware of that. That's absolutely horrendous!!!

[drache]

there are a lot of breeders that deliberately breed 2 headed snakes because of the price they can get for them.

aside from the very idea being twisted mind stuff, I didn't even think it was possible
I've always thought of two-headedness as a birth defect or something like improperly separated twins - I mean, I don't think that sort of thing is actual genetic info, or is it?

[Morph]

genetic modification can do anything. there are no limits at all. if a person wants to do something then its possible.

as far as birth defects go, 2 headed is occasionally the result of a defective gene rather that a freak accident and this can be harnessed and bred.

[adamanteus]

You surprise me.....I've never heard of a two headed snake being created deliberately.

[Morph]

i'll grab a catalogue from the supplier in the next couple of days and scan it to show you. i first saw it 6 years ago and its been regularly advertised from at least 2 suppliers/breeders.