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    Re: Two headed snake heads for higher ground...

    Quote Originally Posted by Serpentine99 View Post
    Did anybody notice the last paragraph about them trying to breed the two headed snake? Albinos are one thing, but such a terrible condition as that should never be something to breed for.
    I saw that too
    some people's minds are freaks of nature
    it's like trying to breed siamese twins
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    Re: Two headed snake heads for higher ground...

    Absolutely. It's great the snake lived for that long, as long as it didn't suffer, which it might well have done, but deliberately putting animals through such a problematic life isn't fair.

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    Re: Two headed snake heads for higher ground...

    its quite a problem in the uk. there are a lot of breeders that deliberately breed 2 headed snakes because of the price they can get for them. ive seen suppliers lists where 2 headed snakes cost upwards of £2000 and people must buy them otherwise they wouldnt bother trying to sell them.

    i have strong thoughts on selective breeding anyway and this just takes the biscuit.

    i hope the snake had a happy life.
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    Re: Two headed snake heads for higher ground...

    Really? I wasn't aware of that. That's absolutely horrendous!!!

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    Re: Two headed snake heads for higher ground...

    Quote Originally Posted by Morph View Post
    there are a lot of breeders that deliberately breed 2 headed snakes because of the price they can get for them.
    aside from the very idea being twisted mind stuff, I didn't even think it was possible
    I've always thought of two-headedness as a birth defect or something like improperly separated twins - I mean, I don't think that sort of thing is actual genetic info, or is it?
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    Re: Two headed snake heads for higher ground...

    genetic modification can do anything. there are no limits at all. if a person wants to do something then its possible.

    as far as birth defects go, 2 headed is occasionally the result of a defective gene rather that a freak accident and this can be harnessed and bred.
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