Headed Off at the Pass: Our Two-Headed Calf
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How can this happen? Called “polycephaly,” the Greek word meaning “more than one head” simply enough, the condition usually stems from the fusion of identical twins in the womb. Identical twins form when a single egg that has been fertilized by a single sperm somehow decides to divide into two creatures. Usually the process results in a matched set of adorable babies. But in rare cases, the embryos don’t separate completely. This is the fate that befell our little bovine buddy.
Peg Boettcher has been wrangling curios and working for Ye Olde Curiosity Shop since 2004.
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