Species can be found in Malaysia, Penang, Ayer Itam. Slightly more than 1 foot long. Can move in both directions if disturbed. Comes out by night only.
2006-06-27 09:33:16 · 5 answers · asked by davmanx 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Looks similar to the typhlopidae species
2006-07-02 19:10:57 · update #1
I am a biologist, and I have never heard of any such thing. The idea of having a head at opposite ends of an animal is biologically impossible. An animal with bilateral symmetry (as opposed to radial symmetry) needs to have a certain polar orientation (ie: a distinct head vs. anus) in order to develop as a viable embryo. Even the most evolutionarily primitive bilaterally symmetric invertebrates exhibit this type of body polarization.
2006-06-27 09:50:11 · answer #1 · answered by Girl Biologist 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are no snakes with a head on both ends. However, there is a snake that has the appearance of another head on its lower end. It is to freak out and fool its enemies.
2006-07-01 00:00:29 · answer #2 · answered by owllady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question, and RR's response remind me of the joke about the "meanest animal in the world," the "crocogator"-- crocodile on one end, alligator on the other. When someone asked about how the animal "relieved" itself, he was informed that that was why the crocogator was so mean.
2006-06-27 20:07:19 · answer #3 · answered by tom d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No extant vertebrate species is two headed by design. Not even snakes. From time to time, a snake mutation produces a snake with two heads, but in all known cases, the heads are adjacent.
2006-06-27 16:41:29 · answer #4 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you serious? or just a Bone-Head?
2006-06-27 17:35:12 · answer #5 · answered by pogonoforo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋