Meet the angel. Also, meet Jake. They are a kind. Angel and Jake are the two major of the single California Kingsnek East Bay VivariumA reptile store in Berkeley, California.
Angel/Jake (named after two store employees) is about seven months old, it is a significant age for snakes with rare conversion. Bissphalic (two-head) snakes usually do not live long. The abnormal reptiles of the vivarium do not move as fast or compassionate as one-headed Kingnec.
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The larger right head of this Kingnake is eating the only one at the moment.
To reptile lovers know that animals can have a lot of personalities. Alex Blanchd of Vivarium told CNE, most of the kingsnexes are fast to shake or run on you.
He described the two-head snake as “cool”.
“They are not shy. They don’t bite,” he said. “They’re pretty cool for Kingnake.”
The right head of Kingnsneck seems to be dominant. This is the only meal acceptable, but it may change as the snake mature. Now, Angel/Jake is eating every week.
Blancher said, “If we give up it, I want to eat more then it is doing it pretty well.”
California Kingsnex is not toxic. They are found in local and urban areas as well as in the grasslands and deserts or forests in California. Kingnake may change colorful but they usually have dark and light bands. Angel/Jake is known as a “morph” that is a snake with a distinct pattern.
Angel/Jake is not currently for sale, though Blancherd said that some casual inquiries were made. Visitors to the Eastern Gulf VIVERium can see the snake in person, but it is accessible to a hidden area when it does not feel social.
Eastern Gulf shared photos of Vivarium Snakes on Instagram in late March. The Viverium workers were surprised at the attention that the snake made.
“We hope that people who see the snake will learn about other animals and other species and it will open the eyes to a wide view of reptiles in both captivity and wild,” Blancard says.