Ahas na may tatlong mata, natagpuan sa gilid ng kalsada

Kumalat sa social media ang larawan ng isang ahas sa Australia na may kakaibang hitsura.

Ibinahagi ng The Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Service ang larawan ng isang carpet python na pinangalanang Monty the Python na merong pangatlong mata sa ibabaw ng kanyang ulo. Nagkaroon ito ng mahigit 9,000 shares sa Facebook.

Natagpuan diumano ang ahas sa gilid ng highway, namatay din ito makalipas ang ilang araw.

“The snake is peculiar as an x-ray revealed it was not two separate heads forged together, rather it appeared to be one skull with an additional eye socket and three functioning eyes.

“It was generally agreed that the eye likely developed very early during the embryonic stage of development. It is extremely unlikely that this is from environmental factors and is almost certainly a natural occurrence as malformed reptiles are relatively common,” caption sa nasabing Facebook post.

Ayon sa mga sumuri sa ahas, nahirapang kumain ito dahil sa kanyang deformity.

Parte raw ng mutation ang nangyari kay Monty at hindi raw siya masyadong na-develop.

“Every baby has a mutation of some sort - this one is just particularly gross and misshapen.

“I haven’t seen a three-eyed snake before, but we have a two-headed cobra python in our lab - it’s just a different kind of mutation like what we see with Siamese twins.”

He suggested that the snake’s third eye may have been “the last little bit of a twin that’s been absorbed,” paliwanag ng Snake expert Professor na si Bryan Fry ng the University of Queensland.