calf born with two heads

[naturelovr]

Missouri farmer's male calf born with two heads

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALDRICH, Mo. -- A southwest Missouri cattleman has been delivering calves at his farm for a long time, but a calf born this week sure was different. This one had two heads. Scott Clift said he delivered the chocolate-colored male calf Wednesday morning at his farm near Aldrich, in Polk County. Clift said the calf had two fully-formed heads that appeared to be connected to its body just behind the skull.

Clift said late Thursday that the calf lived about a day and a half. It was unable to walk, so Clift and his family bottle-fed the animal until it died at 6 p.m. Clift said "We've never seen anything like it."

Few people have, said University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Eldon Cole. Such births do happen -- the condition is known as polycephaly -- but Cole says "They're pretty darn rare."

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Information from: Springfield News-Leader, www.news-leader.com

www.news-leader.com/article/20090227/NEWS01/902270347/1007

seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120ap_odd_two_headed_calf.html?source=mypi

[Sinker]

I remember seein a 2-headed calf preserved in a big jar at th KC stockyards when I was a kid. There was also a 1-headed pig with 2 bodies. My folks had ta drag me away from that winda display.

Actually it may explain a mystery. Like people who don't seem to have a brain!!!

[WVsnowflake]

When I was a sophmore in HS a farmer's cow had a 2 headed calf. The one broke its neck comming out and the other died shortly thereafter. The vet and the farmer donated the calf to out Biology class... IT is still there in a big jar of formaldahyde.... Thats been 27 years now.