Rare 2-headed snake born at pet store

Published: May 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM CDT

(CNN) – A pet store in northern California is celebrating seven months of a very rare animal – a two-headed California King snake.

Zeke and Angel are two heads on the same snake.

The 1 in 100,000 occurrence is the same thing as a conjoined twin - one embryo that partially split into two.

Zeke and Angel are thriving, which leads the East Bay Vivarium to think they’ll live to the species norm of a 20-30 year life span.

It also means they’ll grow to around 4-feet long.

Workers say the heads can both control the body, but they often fight over which way to go. When that happens, Angel typically wins out as the dominant head.

Zeke and Angel were born at the store but are not for sale.