Posted on 05/14/2018 9:55:18 AM PDT by Daffynition
T. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) - A two-headed white-tailed fawn found two years ago in a Minnesota forest is cementing its place as a landmark case among the oddities found in nature.
According to a recently published study by researchers connected to the Minnesota DNR, the fawn is the first recorded case of a conjoined two-headed deer brought to full-term and born. There have only been two other cases of conjoined twins in white-tailed deer, neither made it through the full pregnancy.
"It’s never been described before," said Lou Cornicelli, a co-author on the study and a wildlife research manager for the DNR. "There are a few reported cases of two-headed ungulate fetuses, but nothing delivered to term. So, the uniqueness made it special."
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Caused by global warming?
Looks like the bottom spinal cord with head attached probably killed the host. Nature is not kind sometimes. Beautiful specimen.
Reminds me of the joke about knowing life is bad when you have a gay siamese twin out on a date and you are the only one with a butt.
Ahhhh
Brahmin anyone?
And don’t shoot it, or the whole settlement will be after you!
Saw a 2-headed calf when I was a kid. Definitely sad.
TRUMP’S FAULT!
My thoughts exactly.
remember those two young girls in the midwest two head only.
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Part of the Joseph Steward's Museum of Curiosities exhibit.
To see it as a kid, it definitely stays with you.
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LOL!
Makes me sad. :( We were hunting Morels the other afternoon and came across a little fawn, hunkered down in the grass.
So precious!
But when they grow into destructive tree and crop-destroying MONSTERS? All bets are OFF! :)
Other than remjndeding me of Two-faced Yasser Arafat I think you pinged the wrong list.
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