A rare two-headed snake sparked panic when it slithered into a house in Thailand. <br /> <br />The 12-inch long serpent was seen in the dining room while the family were eating lunch on Sunday afternoon in Nakhon Pathom, around 35 miles east of Bangkok.<br /> <br />Resident, Nathanon Thammasithian, said they saw the snake in the corner of the room and were terrified it was venomous. <br /> <br />However, they identified it as a non-venomous puff-faced water snake and scooped it up in a glass jar.<br /> <br />Footage shows how the snake, which the family nicknamed 'Song', was wriggling around full of energy when the family caught it on September 13.<br /> <br />Nathanon said a neighbour had offered to buy the 'lucky' serpent for 10,000 Baht (250GBP) to use in black magic spells, but he had declined.<br /> <br />He said: ''We have never seen a weird snake like this before. It's special.<br /> <br />''We kept the snake in a fish aquarium to keep it safe throughout the night. I didn't want to sell the snake, I didn't think that was the honourable thing to do.''<br /> <br />When superstitious neighbours heard about the mutant reptile, they rushed to their house to worship it for good luck.<br /> <br />Snake rescue teams arrived later the next day to help with the creature. However, by the evening it had passed away. Nathanon is keeping the corpse in his fridge.<br /> <br />Nathanon added: ''One of the snake's tongues was constantly sticking out and it looked like it was having difficulty breathing. We kept checking on it and provided a little bit of food and water, but there was nothing we could do to help it survive.''<br /> <br />The puff-faced water snake, or homalopsis buccata, inhabits fresh water bodies including swamps, ponds and forest streams. They feed on small fish or frogs.<br /> <br />The snake is believed to have had polycephaly, a condition where twins failed to separate during pregnancy because of mutations.<br /> <br />Last month, an 11cm long two-headed Russel's viper was discovered in the Kalyan district of Maharashtra state on August 7. <br /> <br />Indian Forest Services officer Susanta Nanda said such genetic abnormalities lead to ''low survival rates in the wild''.
