conjoined!

Before After

Here comes the brain (s)! Olfactory nerves, snip, snip! Optic nerves, snip, snip!

Two hearts! Both had four chambers and all the normal veins and arteries. The one in the foreground was bigger and connected to the dominant liver and lungs. The smaller heart connected to a tiny liver and lungs that would not inflate. I would have liked to explore the circulatory system in more depth, but time and resources did not allow. The organism had two esophogouses that merged into one digestive system. There was a single male reproductive system. The skeletal system contained a forked spine with ribs extending from the right side of the right spine and the left side of the left spine. The spine of the dominant head was half the diameter (2 inches), although the chord and brain were identicle.

And one nightmare shot for good measure! Don't worry buddy, we'll have you home to mommy soon! Moooo!

This organism died a few hours after birth. While improper grazing can lead to high rates of conjoined twins, this calf was born on a well managed, all natural ranch. A rare event made even more odd because someone was around who wanted to disect it.

The pictured eyes from the dominant head dissected normaly, while an eye from the lesser head seemed to have no retina.

The organism shared this set of testis...one person asked, "how do the testis connect to the eyes?"