Two-headed rat snake gets home at Central Texas zoo
WACO, Texas—A two-headed rat snake found this month in a Central Texas yard has a new home at a zoo.
Officials with the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco on Wednesday provided details on the nearly footlong snake.
The unnamed snake remains under a mandatory 90-day quarantine before visitors have a chance to view the creature.
Zoo supervisor Brian Henley says a woman discovered the snake when her dog started chasing something under her front porch.
The resident decided to contact the zoo about the rodent-eating snake, which has two full heads.
Henley says the snake, which has been eating and is doing well at the zoo, appears to be about 6 to 8 weeks old.
Rat snakes can grow to a length of 5 feet and live up to 25 years.