Rare two-headed snake, 'Double Dave', found in US

[Chaos2Frozen]

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49598840

Joined at the body, the baby venomous snake has two fully-formed heads, four eyes and two flickering tongues - which work independently of each other.

"It would be pretty difficult for this snake to survive in the wild," environmentalist Dave Schneider said.

He said the snake stiffens when trying to escape, and it would have been an easy catch for predators.

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Two-headed snakes are usually born the same way as conjoined twins: a developing embryo begins to split into identical twins - but then stops part way.

They came up with the name Double Dave because Mr Schneider and his colleague are both called David.

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[Emergency & I]

reads like a logline for a porn

 

[adj_noun]

Hail Hydra.

 

[gremlinz1982]

Hail Hydra.

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This is one of the best posts I have seen on era.

 

[SugarNoodles]

So like if one of the head eats a mouse is the other one still hungry?

 

[Halbrand]

 

[Knight in Shining Armani]

I've seen a lot of two headed reptiles on youtube. Most don't make it very long though.

 

[1upsuper]

Is it proper to refer to Double Dave in the singular, as the quoted text does? I would think having two heads would make them plural, regardless of having one body. At any rate, I like Double Dave.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

So like if one of the head eats a mouse is the other one still hungry?

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Probably not, assuming they share the same stomach which is probably the case

 

[samoyed]

Is it proper to refer to Double Dave in the singular, as the quoted text does?

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Yes.

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_jeopardy

English is 20% rules and 80% convention.

 

[1upsuper]

Yes.

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_jeopardy

English is 20% rules and 80% convention.

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I intended the question to have a philosophical tenor rather than a grammatical one.

 

[Kneefoil]

Kind of feel bad for them. Just trying to move around must be a pain if the other head's sending mixed signals. It's not like they can communicate well with each other like humans could.

 

[TheBiInBilingual]

And here am I thinking a two-headed snake was elected president in 2016.

Serious post: looks cool, probably won't live long though.

Hail Hydra.

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best post.

 

[Kyuuji]

Firmly in the "burn it" camp.
The Lord's light wasn't reserved for such a creature.

 

[Trisc]

Firmly in the "burn it" camp.
The Lord's light wasn't reserved for such a creature.

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I'm pretty sure Olympus doesn't give a damn about what Jehovah has to say.

 

[Xita]

I regret clicking on this thread

 

[AnansiThePersona]

That shit just seems annoying. Imagine you and your brother shared the same butthole? I feel for the little guy.

 

[Kyuuji]

I'm pretty sure Olympus doesn't give a damn about what Jehovah has to say.

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The Gods have truly forsaken us if this is the kind of creature that now slithers the Earth.

We must immediately consider which minority group we can persecute to prevent more spawning and to curry favour from the skies.

 

[thetrin]

Poor thing. Must be tough. :(