Poor thing. They should put it down. It's obviously suffering if it can't stand up unaided because of the weight.

His wife Rosario told television reporters: "She's a very cute thing, beautiful, I see her as a pretty thing that God sent, he sent her as she is."

If that's true then God has a sick and twisted sense of humour.

Must be some sort of conjoined twin. First time I've seen that in the animal kingdom.

I think I've seen two-headed wolves in some sort of mythology before. This type of mythology probably comes from the same type of situation.

Poor thing. I wonder if some sort of surgery would be an option?

Originally posted by theWCH
Must be some sort of conjoined twin. First time I've seen that in the animal kingdom.

I think I've seen two-headed wolves in some sort of mythology before. This type of mythology probably comes from the same type of situation.

Poor thing. I wonder if some sort of surgery would be an option?

Its actually alot more common than you think. Ive seen quite a few picks of cows,sheep and pigs with 6+ legs and other body parts sticking out where they shouldnt (heck one cow had a pair of legs sticking vertical out of the area between its shoulder blades), I think its more like a mix of fetus infetu and conjoined, ie the other animal isnt really alive but is more or less a normal animal fused to a partially developed twin or parasitic twin. Its one explanation I personally believe is responsible for those odd cats with wings stories.

Reptiles also supposedly quite commonly pop up two headed (ive seen snakes). If it wasnt for the neck issue i think this cow would have a good life.

Edit:- opps ravenshadows thread link in the post above makes mention of em. Gotta stop sticking my ore in before i haven't completely read a thread.

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really, is that the best you can come up with? i live on a ranch, have a lot of friends that raise cattle, an di have seen many calves like this. most of them die shortly after birth, though. i've even seen cattle born inside out, literally. organs on the outside of the body, hair on the inside, pretty gross.

Yep, it's not the norm, but also not all that unusual.

There's a restaurant in Wildwood, NJ that has many oddities on display. They have several calves like this.