Odd: The two heads of the snake which was found in Tennessee can clearly be seen in this imageA gardener had the shock of his life when he came across this slippery customer - a snake with two heads.
Stunned Paul Carver was spraying weed killer outside his property when he spotted a number of young snakes.
On closer inspection he realised one of the reptiles had two heads and, despite its bizarre deformity, was slithering around without any problems.
Rare: There are fears the two-headed snake may not live very long as its two heads appear to have conflicting movementsMr Carver, from Clarksville, Tennessee, phoned his friend Dale Grandstaff, an officer at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
He said: 'My initial reaction was to step away, I just thought it was weird. Then I thought, what do I do with this thing?'
Bizarre: This two-headed snake was found by gardener Paul Carver outside his property in Clarksville, TennesseeOfficer Grandstaff added: 'With millions of snakes and all the eggs that are laid, there are several babies a year probably born like this.
'But for them to make it in the wild, it's basically impossible.'
He transported the two-headed non-venomous Kingsnake to the Tennessee Tech University where it is being monitored by expert Dr Dan Combs.
But there are fears it may not live for long as the snake's heads appear to have conflicting movements - with the reptile having two functioning brains.
With neither head dominant, both try to control the body and at one stage one head appeared to try to hide under a log in its cage while the other one wanted to stay in the open, and it became 'hung' on a corner of the log.
source: dailymail
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