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Terrifying Two-Headed Albino Snake Arrives at Zoo [PHOTO]

Two-headed snake
Visitors to a Ukraine zoo will now have double the opportunity to get bitten by a snake, as an albino two-headed garter snake has taken up residence. The three-year old snake, originally from Switzerland, is the only in the world of its kind: There is at least one other known two-headed snake, but Mince as he is called is the only one without pigmentation.Mince's second head isn't just for show: Each head has its own brain.In 2000, a two-headed snake named We earned...
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