Photographer and wildlife enthusiast Rakesh Mohalick discovered a snake with two fully formed heads in the Dhenkikote wildlife sanctuary in Kendujhar, Odish state (India) – according to Times Now .

The snake is non-venomous and is 14 cm long. It has 2 fully formed heads, 4 eyes and 2 tongues. Unfortunately, snake experts believe that such rare creatures do not survive long in the wild.

While exotic snakes may be frightening to some people, they are welcomed and even considered a blessing in many cultures around the world. In the case of two-headed snakes, they are not always well received by humans.

Two-headed snakes are very rare to find, but they appear naturally and are not the result of scientific experiments. They were born as conjoined twins born from monozygotic twin embryos. Two-headed animals are often called bicephalic or dicephalic.

However, this is not the only two-headed snake found in India recently.

In December, locals from Ekarukhi village in West Bengal also discovered a two-headed snake. But due to the villagers’ superstition, the state Forest Department could not catch the snake, according to researcher Herpet Kaustav Chakraborty.

Two-headed snakes have also been found in other countries.

In October 2019, a two-headed snake was found nearly 12,000 km away in China’s Hebei province. A farmer was shocked when he discovered a strange-looking snake crawling through his yard. When he looked closer, he realized it was a two-headed snake.