Most of us might never have heard about two headed animals.Recently i came to know about the existence of 'Two headed tortoise'. It is quite unusual to find a bi-cephalic animal . Things do happen beyond our imagination.
Feb 24 2012.
the tortoise was born in captivity in Ukraine five years ago . It was displayed on Feb 24 2012, at the natural science museum in Kiev ' where visitors will be able to see .the female tortoise has two hearts six legs and but sharing one intestine .They are different from each other even in their feeding habits ,each has its own character so they often want to crawl in different directions.It seems two headed .but rather two conjoined tortoise.
Feb 24 2012.
the tortoise was born in captivity in Ukraine five years ago . It was displayed on Feb 24 2012, at the natural science museum in Kiev ' where visitors will be able to see .the female tortoise has two hearts six legs and but sharing one intestine .They are different from each other even in their feeding habits ,each has its own character so they often want to crawl in different directions.It seems two headed .but rather two conjoined tortoise.
. The seven -week old two headed tortoise has been named has Magda (left head) and
Lenka (right head). This 5 legged tortoise was displayed on 11 march 2011 in Zilina
Slovakia. It belongs African spurred tortoise spices which are third largest in the world. It
has two brains and two nervous systems which work independently from each other.
Lenka (right head). This 5 legged tortoise was displayed on 11 march 2011 in Zilina
Slovakia. It belongs African spurred tortoise spices which are third largest in the world. It
has two brains and two nervous systems which work independently from each other.
One of the rare species of tortoise Spur-thighed turtle having two heads and 4 legs in a single shell was found in the backyard of a house in eastern Turkey. It was displayed on 14 Dec 2010 at a nature park in Turkey treated to a very rare sight - a conjoined twin turtle. the one month old turtle has become the mascot of the park.
lt has become a lucky charm to the nature reserve park as it has attracted a lot of visitors lately.
According to state-run Anatolian news agency, the spur-thighed tortoise is one the rare species which can live up to 75 years or more.
Another two headed baby turtle was found at the Water World aquatic farm at Wuwei town in Anhui, eastern China .on 2008 sep 13
30 may 2003
On 30 may 2003 Noël Daniels, a welder of Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa found a Two headed tortoise in his backyard where his pets, which are parrots ,pigeons and seven tortoises, live in a dovecote.
The two heads are joined separately to a shared body.and it seems quite normal and both heads feed on grass, leaves, and softened rabbit pellets, Daniels said.The month old tortoise shell is about 2 inches wide Sometimes its legs also want to move in different directions. Luckily, it moves quite slowly. Its quite unpredictable as to which way they will go.
Of the 43 species of tortoise world wide 13 can be found in South Africa,and of them in the Western cape.
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