A two-headed snake was recorded biting a zookeeper (Picture: Instagram/@jayprehistoricpets)
A very rare two-headed snake found at a zoo has captivated the attention and curiosity of observers around the Internet and world.
The slender snake became a viral hit after zookeeper Jay Brewer shared a video on Instagram of the reptile biting him with both its heads at once.
Brewer held the snake above its neck and waved his right index finger in front of the two heads. Another person held the snake’s mid section and tail.
‘Look, look, look, you see,’ Brewer said, then tapped one of the heads.
‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, that’s a grumpy little girl. Why are you so grumpy? Which one’s grumpier? I can’t figure out.’
As he continued to try to tap the heads, both of them bit him in the finger simultaneously.
‘Ow, I just got bit – twice,’ Brewer said.
The founder of The Reptile Zoo in Fountain Valley, California, captioned his Instagram post on Thursday: ‘TWO HEADED SNAKE BIT ME.’
The two-headed creature is a female Texas rat snake that is not venomous (Picture: Instagram/@jayprehistoricpets)
‘I thought dealing with one angry snake was enough but now I gotta deal with two of them,’ he wrote. ‘One of these girls is definitely feistier then the other but looks like both of them decided that they should bit me.’
Social media users were fascinated by the animal, and many wanted answers.
‘I have so many questions,’ wrote one user. ‘How? Is it a survivable condition?’
Another commented: ‘Ok now you got me curious as hell. Can you show us how the specific snake eats.’
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‘That’s so cool, I wonder which head controls the body,’ one user wondered.
Brewer, who has 7.8million Instagram followers, shared more about the snake in a YouTube video on Saturday.
He revealed that it is a non-venomous Texas rat snake and that it is female.
‘Animals born with two heads usually have a hard time doing things because both of them want to be in charge,’ he wrote in the caption. ‘Both of the heads in this snake decide that they should bite me. That’s one thing they can agree on.’
The two-headed snake became a viral sensation just a couple weeks after an invasive snake-headed fish that can breathe air was discovered in Missouri, with officials advising anyone who finds one to kill it.
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