NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A struggling New York T-shirt vendor and animal
rescuer is divided on what to do with the world's only known two-headed boa
constrictor.
Named Indy, the creature was born July 4 with 27 siblings who only had one head
each, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.
Although boa constrictors are illegal in New York, Robert Shapiro, 46, brought
the four-eyed snake from his Long Island sanctuary to his New York shop for a
press introduction.
While the "main" head functions normally, the second has no throat, and
therefore doesn't eat. The second head's eyes move and the tongue flicks,
meaning it has its own brain, but no appetite.
Already, word of Indy's historic appearance is spreading through the reptile
world. Buyers have called from Asia and Israel.
The stereo snake is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, but Shapiro said
only in a few months, when she's old enough to be adopted safely, he'll
consider selling her to the highest responsible bidder.
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Someone recently posted a two-header that feeds with both heads too. I saw it at Daytona.. not the same one, right?
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