Two-Headed Turtle

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  • Two-Headed turtles are quite rare, but when two-headed reptiles occasionally surface it is the result of conjoined-twin births.BBC: Shell shock at two-headed tortoise (November 12, 2004)
  • A Rare Find

    A turtle collector found a two-headed turtle in September 2007 and sold it to Big Al's Aquarium Supercenter in East Norriton, Pennsylvania. The store owner said that the turtle is not for sale, but will remain on display at the store for customers to observe.Metro.co.uk: Turtle power boosted by second head (September 27, 2007)

    The same collector, an unnamed man from Florida, reportedly sold another conjoined-twin turtle to a different Big Al's store in the late 1980s.MSNBC: Two-headed turtle goes on display (September 28, 2007)

  • Unique Reptile

    The turtle has one head at either end of its body and two pairs of front legs, but only one set of back legs and one tail. It likely would not have survived long in the wild, since it walks and swims awkwardly, which would make it an easy target for predators.
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