A rarity has occurred within the grounds of the Sunshine Serpents conservation group in Florida as a two-headed Hoduran milk snake was born without any pigmentation.
The double-headed - bicephalic, to be technical - snake hatched to reveal its two heads, a development that has a one in 10,000 chance of happening.
Although the snake's skin has thick and thin bright orange stripes, its lack of dark pigmentation across the skin and within the eyes identifies it as being albino. The orange stripes are usually accompanied by black or deep-red pigments of skin.
The name of the mysterious dweller comes from the common myth that this particular species of reptile would suck milk from cow's udders. However, the liquid is far from being top of any milk snake's list, as they consume insects, lizards, birds and other small mammals.
Daniel Parker, a biologist at the University of Central Florida, said: ‘I did a double take. I couldn’t believe what I was looking at.’
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/stories/880503-two-headed-albino-milk-snake-shows-its-true-colours-or-lack-thereof#ixzz1ce4B1A6r
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