Kids keep 2-headed snake as pet

It sounds like something from out of science fiction, but for a family in South Carolina, this two-headed snake is real, and really fascinating.

The most bizarre thing about this two-headed creature: the heads aren't side by side. The snake has one head on each end of its long, slithery body, and both heads seem able to control it. Two heads. Two tongues. Four eyes. That'll keep you up at night.

Workers found the smallish snake with the freakish look near the home of Savanna Logan and her brother Preston, and handed it over to them. The two have been showing it to their classmates at school, according to Fox 8 News.

Two-headed snakes are not unheard of. According to National Geographic, the heads are formed similar to the way Siamese twins develop. Typically, two-headed snakes are side by side, not like the one cared for by these kids.

The high school biology department at Ware Shoals High School identified the creature as a rough earth snake. Luckily, even with two heads, this kind of snake, which grows to about 10 inches at most, is considered relatively harmless, feasting on slugs and snails.

The kids told Fox 8 they each had a name they wanted for it: Preston thought Billy Bob. Savannah wants to call it Oreo.

With two heads, two names may be in order.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/kids-keep-2-headed-snake-pet-145105173.html

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