Post by Logan on Jul 5, 2016 3:58:49 GMT -6
The two-headed snake that's a "superstar" draw at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science now gets to curl up — unfurl, really — in a new 36-inch cylindrical showcase.
That's a 360-degree view for an animal that, with four eyes, hardly needs to turn heads to take it all in.
"He seems a lot more content," visitor Jessica Deleon of Utica said, peering into the clear curved case. "He's moving a lot more than the last time I saw him." She brought Kayla, 8, and Bowen, 6, for their first look. Spotlighted in the center of the dark aquarium hall, the snake stands out, his patterns contrasting against the reddish pine bark bedding.
The two-headed gray rat snake, now 13, was just a hatchling when he was donated to the museum in 2003.
Read more: www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2016/07/04/natural-science-museums-two-headed-snake-gets-new-digs/86607512/
That's a 360-degree view for an animal that, with four eyes, hardly needs to turn heads to take it all in.
"He seems a lot more content," visitor Jessica Deleon of Utica said, peering into the clear curved case. "He's moving a lot more than the last time I saw him." She brought Kayla, 8, and Bowen, 6, for their first look. Spotlighted in the center of the dark aquarium hall, the snake stands out, his patterns contrasting against the reddish pine bark bedding.
The two-headed gray rat snake, now 13, was just a hatchling when he was donated to the museum in 2003.
Read more: www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2016/07/04/natural-science-museums-two-headed-snake-gets-new-digs/86607512/