08/17/2021 11:58 AM
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Updated 08/17/2021 11:59 AM
Staff from the Uttarakhand State Forest Department in India caught a
rare two-headed cobra
last week
,
reports
Hindustan Times
and reproduces
RT
.
After receiving an alert about the presence of an unusual snake in an industrial area of the city of Vikasnagar, members of the aforementioned department arrived at the scene, where they located a small spectacled cobra.
The two-headed spectacled cobra (Twitter Hindustan Times).
"
In my 15 years as a
snake
hunter
, I have never come across a specimen like this. It is a very rare snake," Adil Mirza admitted, reports
RT
.
Little chance it survives in the wild
The cobra is about
18 inches long
and was apparently born less than two weeks ago.
Wildlife experts say such snakes rarely survive in the wild (Shutterstock).
The snake was sent to
a wildlife rescue center,
where veterinarians will examine it and determine whether to release it or keep it in captivity for study,
RT
reports
.
Wildlife experts say these types of snakes
rarely survive in the wild.
In addition, they point out that the development of two heads in a reptile is due to a genetic mutation.
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