If you are look for an omen for these unsure time , here it is . A three - eyed Snake River was find , appropriately , near Darwin , in the Northern Territory , Australia . The animal was found by fire warden from the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife who shared the photos on Facebook .

The animal is a carpet python , a coinage that can grow to between 2 and 4 cadence ( 6.6 - 13.1 feet ) and it is normally found in Australia , Indonesia , and Papua New Guinea . The three - eyed creature was just a juvenile , believe to be no older than three months and only about 40 centimeters ( 16 inches ) . It was nickname Monty ( python ) when it was found in late March but , unluckily , it pass away last week .

“ It ’s remarkable it was able to come through so long in the wild with its disfigurement , and he was shinny to feed before he died last hebdomad , ” Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Ranger Ray Chatto toldNT News . The Hydra ’s organic structure has been donate to science and is now at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Darwin .

Its cranial miscreation is what makes this special specimen so engrossing . Its third eye appear to be go absolutely and the team had to put the critter in an go - ray machine to understand the right way what was going on . It turns out that the animal ’s weird constellation was not triggered by two separate heads meld together as they had thought , but a undivided skull with an extra eye socket .

“ It was generally hold that the oculus belike developed very early during the embryonic stage of growing , " NT Parks and Wildlife wrote in their Facebook post . " It is super improbable that this is from environmental factors and is almost certainly a natural occurrence as malformed reptile are comparatively common . ”

The Internet is filled with stories and video about unusual reptiles ( among other animals ) with innate deformity . specially popular are floor about two - headed Snake , includingGumbo and Filoa rather cute ophidian ( or should that be snakes ? ) that is making the rounds of schools and community centers in Louisiana in the US with its owner Tanee Janusz to aid people get more intimate with ophidian in cosmopolitan and dispel some harmful myths about these brute .

Three - eyed snakes , however , are peculiarly rare . It ’s a pity Monty give out before he could tell us howGame of Thronesends , as he had undoubtedly already foreseen .

[ H / T : NT News ]