worth of two headed snake?

[Nanci]

Why bother if everything is working well?

I'd probably do it if it was my snake, though, since I have access to that! I think I'd inject a small amount of barium into a pink and watch it go down. Maybe half a pink, then give the other head the other half. That way you could tell if there was a common stomach.

 

[HerpsOfNM]

mmmm barium shakes...nothing like drinking something liquid but feeling like you're eating a truckload of ash.

 

[Dingus Mgee]

well comparing a reptile to a mammal is like apples to an ear of corn.
And like I said it's body seems like a normal snake in thickness, where in your thoughts most conjoined twins that have duplicate organs are malshaped to so extent.
plus I am not sure how barium reacts in a reptile compared to a human. am sure no studies have been done on this.

 

[HeavenHell]

There's a two headed black pine in the KS classifieds for $7500 or best offer

 

[Nanci]

I was speaking of single babies, but I actually _did_ do a study on human conjoined twins to evaluate their digestive systems, when they were talking about separating them.

The bicephalic cornsnake that a member hatched here a couple years ago, Lucky Destiny, had a barium study on one head, and it showed that that head was connected, so she was just fed from that head, and the other head was never tested/fed.

Members here, iculatr, actually had a DIE tri-cephalic cornsnake this season, but it was very deformed and decomposed.

 

[Dingus Mgee]

well hydra has fed from both heads.
And your study on the twins to be separated proves my point there was two bodies. Hydra clearly has one single body.
So with this in mind would you ever consider separating conjoined twins with two head one body, or even waste the time in doing a study to see if it had two digestive systems?

 

[HerpsOfNM]

Hydra clearly has one single body.

That's a strong assumption to make without having proof, be it via necropsy (DEFINITELY not practical here) or x-ray.

And your study on the twins to be separated proves my point there was two bodies.

It proves no point other than proper ethics were involved to fully investigate what doctors and other surgical experts were getting into should such conjoined twins warrant a safe separation.

 

[Nanci]

Speaking of snakes? No, you'd never consider separating them. You _might_ consider studying them because you didn't know which head to feed. i'm not sure what would happen if you fed a head that wasn't connected. Or even if a head _could_ be not connected. But as with your snake and Walter's, both heads feed, thus, are connected. So the only reason would be curiosity; to see if the digestive system ever merges.

I'm not saying or suggesting you should do so; it's just a topic that fascinates me, especially since the digestive system is half of my line of work (urogenitary being the other half).

With humans, you'd consider separation if the conjoined children were not "viable" together. To give one a shot at survival. It is not a happy situation.

 

[Spencer]

I really really REALLY want one.

 

[Merkavich]

Awesome! I hope in the future I get one of these

 

[m1n054]

These snakes are so weird but cool lol. Do each of the heads have a brain? How would they control their bodies? i.e. "I wanna go this way! -But I want to go this way!"

 

[Dingus Mgee]

Hydra just had another good shed and eats every week right on time with no problems.
Sometimes each head does want to go in different directions. posted new fresh shed pics on my Facebook page