Two-headed snakes bite each other for food

The moment a corn snake's head bites the remaining head that grows with the body to compete in the photographer's lens.

Photographer Matthijs Kuijpers, 43, photographed the unusual two-headed corn snake in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and the Daily Star reported on October 13. Matthijs, a breeder and snake breeder since the age of 10, said the 0.8-meter-long snake is about 18 months old.

Corn snake has two heads.(Photo: Matthijs Kuijpers).

"I photographed wildlife around the world and this is the first time I took a live two-headed snake. The bipedal animal is a shortcoming of creation, called polycephaly syndrome . Both heads sometimes fight for the same prey, they only contradict food, and normally they seem to be in harmony , " Matthijs said.

The double-headed syndrome (polycephaly) is rare in nature, but can occur in the same process of creating conjoined twins in humans. Both ends of the animal feed independently, leading to separate heads competing for food. They can live for 20 years in captivity, but it is difficult to live long in nature.

Corn snakes often live in the wilderness of America. They eat small rats, reptiles, amphibians and bird eggs. They do not have venom and kill their prey by squeezing.