Two-headed bobtail lizard found in Australia
It's been a while since we've had a decent two-headed animal on these pages. So, without further ado, we proudly present… the two-headed lizard.
The two-headed bobtail (a type of skink native to Australia, also known as the Shingleback) was rescued in Coogee, New South Wales, by workers from a reptile park.
Now housed at the reptile park in Henley Brook, Perth, it's doing well - despite the fact that two-headed lizards tend to not have very long life expectancies.
The lizard - which doesn't just have two heads, but has a set of forelegs on either side of each head - is even able to eat with both mouths.
The major downside of having two heads is that it makes moving around quite difficult, and the larger of the two heads has a tendency to try and attack the smaller head.
The bobtail's brother, who has just the one head, is also housed at the park.
Source:- Metro.co.uk
Very interesting. I hope it lives a long happy life in captivity.....
ReplyDeleteI might be safe to say the heads display aggression toward each other. Establishing "hate" would require much more research.
ReplyDeleteGreat article infused with sarcasm. Poor little lizard. I don't imagine that it would have a very long life expectancy with just one head either. Ah well, circle of life and all.
ReplyDeleteI take issue with the notion that it's a two-headed lizard. What "it" is is two lizards stuck in one body.
ReplyDeleteA bit like our country right now.
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