ST. LOUIS – For sale: One albino snake. Has two heads. Asking $150,000 or best offer.
The World Aquarium in St. Louis has been home to We, a two-headed albino rat snake, since 1999. Aquarium president Leonard Sonnenschein has decided to sell the reptile, and bidding on reptileauction.com will start at $150,000.
“It’s an amazing snake,” Sonnenschein said Monday. “When people see it, they are awe-struck.”
The 6-year-old snake came to the aquarium’s attention when its previous owner distributed a circular offering it for sale just days after its birth. The aquarium paid $15,000, knowing most two-headed snakes don’t live more than a few months.
But We survived because, unlike some two-headed animals, both mouths are connected to the same stomach, Sonnenschein said.
She is an inch thick and 4 feet long – a healthy size for a rat snake. Her body is white, but the heads have a reddish appearance.
Cat saved man who fell from wheelchair
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A man who fell out of his wheelchair says his cat apparently called 911 for help.
Police received a 911 call from Gary Rosheisen’s apartment on Thursday, but there was no one on the line. When they called back and got no answer, they decided to check things out.
In the apartment, they found Tommy the cat lying by a telephone on the living room floor.
“I know it sounds kind of weird,” officer Patrick Daugherty said.
Rosheisen, a stroke victim, was unable to get up. He also wasn’t wearing his medical-alert necklace, and couldn’t reach a cord above his pillow that alerts paramedics that he needs help.
Rosheisen said he got the cat three years ago and tried to train him to call 911, unsure if the training would work in an emergency.
The phone in the living room is always on the floor, and has 12 buttons, including a speed dial for 911.
“He’s my hero,” Rosheisen said.
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