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arildno
Nov1-11, 07:54 PM
http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utrolige-historier/artikkel.php?artid=10023282
Evo
Nov1-11, 08:56 PM
Snake!!
Chi Meson
Nov1-11, 09:15 PM
Snake!!

Badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers badgers
turbo
Nov1-11, 09:15 PM
Snake!!What? No mushroom? I reserve the right to dance haka.
lisab
Nov1-11, 09:29 PM
I wonder why two-headed snakes are so common?
DaveC426913
Nov1-11, 09:34 PM
I wonder why two-headed snakes are so common?

Same reason polydactic cats are common.
lisab
Nov1-11, 09:41 PM
Same reason polydactic cats are common.

Because sailors believed they brought good luck?

:tongue2:
turbo
Nov1-11, 09:45 PM
Because sailors believed they brought good luck?

:tongue2:Old-time sailors would keep ferrets. Even if the ferrets were unable to chase down and kill all the rats, they were able to infiltrated all the cargo, and drive the rats out in the open, where hopefully the cats could kill them. There was an old pulp mill on the Sebasticook river that kept ferrets. The ferrets did the dirty work, and cats and rat terriers took care of the clean-up.
arildno
Nov2-11, 02:55 AM
I wonder why two-headed snakes are so common?
Actually, they are very rare...
DaveC426913
Nov2-11, 08:46 AM
Because sailors believed they brought good luck?

:tongue2:

:biggrin:

Right.

I meant because they are common mutations.

I suppose it's not quite the same. Polydactylism in cats would be passed from generation to generation. I suspect that two-headedness in snakes is not a likewise inherited trait since I imagine it has a dramatic impact on mortality before the snake can breed.