The news are only quoting the owner, a German living close to the border near Basel.
Most siamese twins are stillborn or die after short livetime.
Maybe their are eight living twins-snakes at the moment, known by the owner of this pair.
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I´m quiet sure, he aquried them at the day of the announcment.

It looks like he´s endeavouring to earn a wired kind of fame.