RARE SNAKE RETURNED
A two-headed, albino black rat snake is back in its home on August 24, after police arrested two suspects for stealing the snake from the World Aquarium at the City Museum in St. Louis on August 23, 2004. Curators from the aquarium noticed the snake missing and called police who later arrested workers from the City Museum, who tried to sell the reptile in Illinois. The World Aquarium says the snake which is extreemly rare is worth about $100 thousand. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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