- A two-headed snake hatches in Wodonga, a city in Victoria, Australia
- John McNamara pairs a five-year-old female snake with a male snake, owned by fellow breeder Ben Robson
- The baby python is normal from the tail up, however, the neck was divided as two heads emerged from a single body
VICTORIA, Australia – A snake breeder initially thought he had twins when two snake heads poked out of an egg then later realized it was something extraordinary.
Peter de Kruijff said in his article for The Border Mail published on February 12 that snake breeder John McNamara, from Wodonga, found a two-headed snake poking out of an egg from a clutch of 10 last Saturday.
The baby python is normal from the tail up. However, the neck was divided as two heads emerged from a single body.
An article by Stuff published on February 12 said that McNamara paired a five-year-old female snake with a male snake, owned by fellow breeder Ben Robson, producing the “Siamese snake”.
The snake breeder said that what happened to the snake would have been just like a human case of the phenomenon.
“There would have been two yolks and they just haven’t split properly and I ended up with this,” McNamara said.
“I’ve got a lot of mates that breed reptiles, and have rung around and it’s pretty rare in the trade. To be alive still is even rarer,” he said further.
Snake eggs needed 50 to 60 days to hatch, and McNamara said the dual-headed snake appeared to be in reasonable condition to survive.
“The main reason I want to get a little bit of publicity if I can is to try and get a vet to help me out,” McNamara said.
“Just to see see which head is the dominant head and which goes down to the stomach and what organs and other things are joined or can cause complications,” he added.
The Age said in their article published on February 12 that McNamara’s 10-year-old daughter Kaylah refers to the snake as the Twin Destroyers.
However, the snake breeder names the two-headed snake as Katana and Wakizashi, which is a short sword used by samurai.
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