Being a visual and verbal chronologue of my peculiar life, foremost my research interests—death and the anatomical body—and travels and people I've met in pursuit of same; my collecting interests—fossils, postmortem photographs, weird news, and new acquisitions to my “museum”; and (reluctantly) my health, having been diagnosed with MS in 1990. "Satisfying my morbid curiosity and yours..."
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Conjoined twins
Two years ago, the BBC reported the discovery of the first dicephalus (two-headed) lizard in the fossil record (pictured). The anomaly is not infrequent among modern reptiles. It is less common among mammals (see these videos of a two-faced kitten and a two-faced adult cat). Dicephalus humans are extremely rare and only four sets have lived to adulthood. The modern counterparts to Giovanni and Giacomo Tocci are Abigail and Brittany Hensel, who have now reached the age of 16. While the Toccis were never able to coordinate enough to walk, the Hensels have walked, tied their shoes, ridden a bike, and swum from an early age--and now have their driver's licenses!
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