Two-headed snake up for auction
A rare two-headed albino rat snake is being auctioned on eBay for $150,000 (£87,000) by an American aquarium. The World Aquarium in St Louis has been home to the unique reptile, named “We”, for the past six years.
Aquarium president Leonard Sonnenschein said he expects the snake to generate the same level of demand as a priceless work of art.
We is being sold to pay for education, conservation and research programmes.
The aquarium purchased the snake for $15,000 (£8,700) when it was six-and-a-half years old, despite knowing that most two-headed snakes do not live for more than a few months.
“It’s an amazing snake,” Mr Sonnenschein told the Associated Press news agency. “When people see it they are awe-struck.”
Source: BBC.
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