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Sunday, November 12, 2006
MS Drug company buys corporate rights to two-headed snake
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Florida pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $15,000 to use a St. Louis aquarium's two-headed snake in its advertising. Nutra Pharma plans to use the snake, called We, as its corporate mascot and band icon over the next six months. The company uses snake venom in its research for treating HIV-AIDS, multiple sclerosis and other neurological and muscular diseases. The World Aquarium in St. Louis says it plans to use the corporate sponsorship money to support conservation and sponsor an environmental concert series, scheduled for next summer in New York. Aquarium officials acquired the two-headed black rat snake in 1999 and tried to sell it in January for $150,000. There were no bidders. |