https://roaring.earth/three-eyed-sna..._campaign=8208
So, they didn't give many details*, but at least they didn't use a file photo of a ball python?
(*Was it DOR? -it doesn't appear to be. What species? Estimated age- ie. is or was it thriving?)
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Three Eyed Snake Found in Australia
[COLOR=var(--g1-mtxt-color)]by Roaring Earth Staff[/COLOR]
This rare 3 eyed snake was found on a highway in northern Australia.
Photo: Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife
Experts said the snake’s third eye, on the top of its head, was a natural mutation. X-ray scans showed the snake did not have two heads formed together, but rather a single head which formed an additional eye.
Photo: Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife“Rather it appeared to be one skull with an additional eye socket and three functioning eyes,” Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife explains in a Facebook post. “It was generally agreed that the eye likely developed very early during the embryonic stage of development.”
Though rare, mutations like this have been documented on various wild animals. Click here to check out some of the most incredible animal mutations ever recorded, including three headed frogs and two headed snakes.
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