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2 headed hatchling
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Sun Oct 02, 2005 6:12 pmby steve
Reuters wrote:A woman holds a baby tortoise with two heads in Havana September 27, 2005. The tortoise was found some days ago on a river bank at the city forest. According to scientists of the local aquarium who inspected the animal, it seems to be perfectly healthy.
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Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:52 pmby JessicaTS
Two heads and two necks, never seen those before. I believe people down there call aquatic turtles, tortoises
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Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:22 pmby tutlehaven
that is awsome! i wonder if it/they have two tails or two stomachs. would one brain tell the other brain " hey i am full?? " lots of questions with this one. but it's too cool!
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Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:30 pmby JessicaTS
It's a conjoined twin, with just one body so scientifically, the turt has one stomach, one tail (unless internally is morphed also)
It's interesting that all twin turtles conjoin together. I haven't seen or heard any twin turtles thast hatched with two seperate bodies
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Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:31 pmby tutlehaven
interesting info.
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Tue Oct 04, 2005 5:57 pmby BigCT
Maybe I don't look much at other turtles, but it seems whenever I find an article on a 2 headed turtle it is a RES.
Anyone found another turtle with the same problem?
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Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:00 pmby JessicaTS
This one looks more like a cumberland slider to me. I've heard one case sometime ago about a cumberland two-headed
I've seen painteds, cooters, ponds, and tortoises
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Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:02 pmby new turtle-lover
What if one head was a boy and one head was a girl? Lol, just imagine...
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Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:54 pmby cam722
Last I checked it wasn't the head that determined the sex of a turtle..
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Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:38 pmby jenaero
Hey CT, here's one for ya
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Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:28 pmby JessicaTS
Looks like a Midland Painted
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Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:09 amby sonyj
TurtleSirens wrote:It's a conjoined twin, with just one body so scientifically, the turt has one stomach, one tail (unless internally is morphed also)
It's interesting that all twin turtles conjoin together. I haven't seen or heard any twin turtles thast hatched with two seperate bodies
I've thought over what you posted about twins and just wanted to know if my mind works strangely or different from everyone elses
I've always looked at all turtles from one clutch like fraternal twins, and the two headed ones like conjoined twins. I guess I've just always thought they were "all" twins. Just not all conjoined. Ok, now tell me I'm weird.
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Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:26 pmby steve
TurtleSirens wrote:It's interesting that all twin turtles conjoin together. I haven't seen or heard any twin turtles thast hatched with two seperate bodies
They are octuplets
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I believe conjoined animals/people are always twins since they develop from the same embryo. I have never heard of identical twins (2 whole turtles or reptiles) to hatch. I have seen pictures where their shells are fused but I doubt they survive for very long.
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Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:34 pmby JessicaTS
I have seen a snake (sorry Carol) that seemingly hatched with two seperate bodies.. until they saw the tail, the tail were fused. It was pretty weird.
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Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:37 pmby cam722
hahaha thanks TurtleSiren.. I was thinking about those too.. I've sort of .. kind of.. seen picutures of those 2 head snake thingies.. EWWWWW .. bad enough one flicking tongue let alone 2 of them. *cringe*