The rare wolf snake moves quite slowly as its two independent heads are always looking for ways to compete with each other.
Photographer Rakesh Mohalick found a special snake in the Dhenkikot Forest in the Keonjhar Wildlife Sanctuary in the Indian state of Odisha. Mohalick said the snake belongs to a wolf snake without its venom. According to the photographer, one head grows a little more than the other and the two compete for food.
The snake is 14cm long and its two heads are fully developed with four eyes and two tongues. Each head works independently, so the snake will find it difficult to survive in the wild. Two-headed animals appear in only 1 in 100,000 births in the wild. After identification and photography, the snake was released into the forest.
Polycephaly is very rare in nature, but can occur with the same process of producing Siamese twins in humans. Animals can live 20 years in captivity, but it is very difficult to live for a long time in a natural environment.
