We

[venetia]

"At first, we would present the mouse to one head and it would take it, but then the other head would grab it and they'd fight. So I touched the non-feeding head gently with a cold metal instrument, and it would draw back. Eventually, I only had to be in the room, and the non-feeding head would behave."

Louis Schonnenschein, Jan 2006 (reported

Comments

[heyiya]

*is very scared, and unsure of further opinion*

[venetia]

don't be scared, it's a touching story! Usually they don't live long because of the fighting problem, but We (who is also albino) has a long life expectancy, having been taught not to fight.

[heyiya]

Oh, it's a siamese twin? I just looked at the pic (that'll teach me not to read actual stories, though in my defence I'm online before leaving for work and should be out of the house in ten minutes) and thought it was some kind of experimental genetic grafting/creation of two-in-one snakes. Heh.

[venetia]

It reminded me of my acardiac monster!

[moxiemylove]

That reminds me of your acardiac monster too. That picture makes me cry. But it's amazing that they taught one head not to eat. I wonder how common it is. When I was tree planting up north (AKA mother nature hell) I swore I saw a two-headed snake slither by me but they all laughed (the other planters, not the snakes).
Laughing snakes ha ha.

[venetia]

I don't know, the thing about how they "don't usually" survive made me think there were many of them. I thought there was something strangely touching about We, too.