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Holy Snakes! 'Rare' Two-Headed Copperhead Captured in Virginia Backyard

Holy snakes! A Woodbridge, Virginia, resident found a rare 2-headed copperhead in the backyard last weekend.
Credit: Virginia Wildlife Management and Control / Facebook
Holy snakes! A Woodbridge, Virginia resident found a rare 2-headed copperhead in the backyard last weekend.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. (WVEC) — GAH! A "rare" 2-headed copperhead snake was found in a Virginia backyard recently.

Virginia Wildlife Management and Control — a wildlife removal service in Northern Virginia — shared a post Sunday of photos of the rare copperhead it received on its Facebook Page.

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The 2-headed snake was found in a Woodbridge backyard.

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A specialist removed the 2-headed copperhead snake from the residence Monday, the business said on its Facebook page.

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