Conjoined rattlesnakes to be separated
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Forget conjoined babies. A pair of rattlesnakes that have been joined at the neck are to be separated. Apparently someone found the snakes at a construction site in Tuscon, Arizona, and alerted staff at the Desert Museum. The staff the snakes wouldn't survive much longer without being separated because "they were constantly working against each other. Two brains, two ideas about where to go."
Veterinarians say that the separation procedure is quite difficult because it's "very hard" to anesthetize snakes because "they bite." Uhm, yeah?!
They also made a distinction between this genetic hiccup and the equally frightening two-headed snake, saying this pair couldn't be classified as the latter because they both had separate bodies. Either way, if I saw this I would've screamed and run away.
Veterinarians say that the separation procedure is quite difficult because it's "very hard" to anesthetize snakes because "they bite." Uhm, yeah?!
They also made a distinction between this genetic hiccup and the equally frightening two-headed snake, saying this pair couldn't be classified as the latter because they both had separate bodies. Either way, if I saw this I would've screamed and run away.
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hunzedog
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why bother saving rattlesnakes in the first place ?
- 2 years ago
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hunzedog
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dariusvons
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if I were part of PETA i'd probably try to spew some billshit about how the snakes are happier together or how they should be kept together because they will be stressed if seperated or some balogna like that... but since I'm not part of PETA, COOL, freaky snakes!
- 2 years ago
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dariusvons
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Anne_Foy
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the place where they join looks like a love heart! I bet you any money that they will miss each other when they are separated.
Hey, what if this runs in the family? There could be a colony of these things out there...
And lastly, do they have to share the same girlfriend?
- 2 years ago
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Anne_Foy
