Two-Headed Snake Found In A Drawer Of Rubbish In Illinois

Just today, Sky News reported about the two-headed snake which was found in a drawer full of rubbish in Williamson’s house in Illinois. Jerry Williamson‘s wife found this creature. Jerry thought that her wife is pulling its legs but to their surprise it was a two-headed snake. They decided to keep it because most two-headed snakes only survives for a few months and their chances of surviving in the wild are nil.

According to reports, the two-headed snakes that they found is a Nerodia sipedon or Northern Water Snake species. It’s a large non-venomous flesh eating snake which can grow up to 4.4 feet.

IS HYDRA FICTION OR NON-FICTION?

If two-headed snakes exists is it possible that a seven-headed snake do really exist?

Aside from Cerberus (three-headed dog), The Hydra (seven-headed snake) is the best known mythological multi-headed animal. It is considered a myth because there is no evidence that it really exist. According to old stories, seven-headed snakes grow up to 8 meters long. Some says it lives in lakes and dams in Swaziland.

Though it is a myth, have you ever wonder if it has a basis? Why would someone from the past wrote about the seven headed snake if he/she have never seen it or if there were no basis at all? Maybe the story has a basis because there are polycephaly creatures that do exists today like the two-headed snakes. It may just appear scary, weird, or someone would tell it’s an evolution of an animal so it would sound unrealistic and one may visualize it as a monster. But this can be explain by science. According to scientist, that two-headed snakes is a genetic anomaly that typically occur in the same way that Siamese twins do. Polycephaly, or condition of having more than one head, happens when a developing embryo begins to split into identical twins but then stops part way, leaving the twins joined. Most of these creatures do not survive long and sometimes just live for 24 hours.