The snake has two brains and one body, but the two heads fight one another for food and can lead to death
Pet owner Martin Hunter got the fright of his life after his baby corn snake was born - with two heads.
Stunned Martin, 48, returned home from work last week to find the rare reptile slithering around its incubator.
The dad-of-four, of Doncaster, South Yorks., said: "I took one look at it and thought 'what the f***. I thought I was seeing things.
"At first I thought it was twins, but then I realised there were two heads but only one body."
Martin, who breeds snakes to sell to pet shops and has several different species, says the snake was one of 17 eggs laid by a female corn snake.
It hatched from its egg in his living room after 56 days in an incubator and appears to be healthy and fully functioning.
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