Panic by appearance of three-eyed snake | Chronic

Rangers from the Northern Territory of Australia found a functional three-eyed snake, as confirmed by an x-ray NT News.

The python, of a length of 40 centimeters, was found on the road to Arnhem, near the town of Humpty Doo, in the north of the country.

At first, it was thought that the animal had two heads together, but the examination revealed that it was a skull with three orbits and that his three eyes were functional .

It is thought that the third eye would have developed at the embryonic stage, being "extremely improbable"The anomaly has emerged as a result of environmental factors," says the statement posted on the agency's Facebook page.

"Reptiles with malformations are relatively common"he adds, this kind of snake (carpet python) can reach 4 meters.