Video of two-headed lizard in China goes viral

If Australia has a two-headed coastal carpet python born in February in Wodonga, China has a two-headed lizard. The strange-looking animal is seen in a video, posted on Facebook by a reptile vendor, eating wood lice.

In the 40-second video, which has become viral with over 3 million hits and shared more than 53,000 times, the right head of the bearded dragon is seen to be more dominant since it controls the body. The left head appears to be only an appendage, the owner says, reports The Sun.

The unique animal was born in China in 2015. It was sold to Todd Ray, owner of the Venice Beach Freakshow. The lizard was added to Ray’s extensive collection of two-headed animals.

According to Rolling Stone, Ray, a Grammy-winning producer, quit his seven-figure salary in the music industry and opened the Venice Beach Freakshow in 2006. It is a family-run business with Todd’s wife, Danielle, welcoming visitors, while son Phoenix is the ringmaster and daughter Asia is a marquee performer who eats fire, swallows swords, sits on electric chairs and contorts her body.

With the theme “Normal is dead,” the freakshow also features Jessa the Bearded Lady, shock artist Morgue and the 3’ 5” “Amazing Ali” Chapman.