Rare twin snakes have hatched while in the care of snake catcher
Twin snakes have hatched alongside their siblings while in the care of a southeast Queensland snake catcher.
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RARE twins are among a clutch of carpet pythons that have hatched while in the care of a southeast Queensland snake catcher.
Photos of the newborns that were posted to the Snake Catchers Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan and Gold Coast Facebook page today show two tiny brown heads emerging from the same egg.
Other photos show the many siblings of the twins poking their heads out of a group of about 15 eggs.
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Snake Catcher Brisbane ecologist Bryan Robinson, 45, told the Courier Mail the babies were born January 22 while in the care of another snake catcher.
He said the 1.8m mother, who was found with her eggs in a compost heap in a yard in Kuraby, in Logan south of Brisbane, about a month ago, and was relocated while the eggs were put in a carer’s incubator.
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Mr Robinson said snakes stayed with their eggs for about two months but twins were not common.
“It’s not common we don’t see it very often,” he said,.
“I’ve been doing this for 30 years and I’ve probably seen twins six or seven times”.
A message with the photos on Facebook state the mother snake does not eat while nesting but will sun themselves and return the heat to their eggs.
“She will also curl around the eggs and shiver to generate heat, this is known as shivering thermogenesis,” it reads.
“Once the young begin to hatch and disperse, there is no further parental care.”
Mr Robinson said the babies have already been released.
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