Mutant cow with TWO HEADS stuns baffled farmers

www.dailystar.co.uk ^ | Published 9th July 2018 | By Callum Hoare

[Red Badger]

A MUTANT cow has been born with two heads, baffling local farmers.

Video footage shows the farm animal being bottle-fed by local workers as a second identical face emerges next to the first.

The calf shares two pairs of eyes and heads between one skull and was found in Brazilian town Caiponia by the farm owner's wife.

The woman, Zica Soares, said: "I never imagined something like that would be born here, we are surprised.

"The vet says that we need to either put the calf down or look after him until the end.

"He is very bad, really weak, but I am looking after him."

SHOCKED: The owners wife couldn't believe it

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Hours later the animal tragically died.

Local vet Daniel Ribeiro Camargos told reports: "It was probably a case of inbreeding that caused the calf to be born with the anomaly.

"It is a very rare situation."

It comes just one month after a mutant calf was found with only two legs, which made it look like a kangaroo.

And before that, a farmer was left terrified after discovering a lamb with eight limbs.

More recently, a bloke discovered a bizarre animal in his home, that no-one could identify.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

More then likely we will find this is an area where they did not bother to diversify the animal gene pool.

This used to be more common before animal husbandry became a science and people would breed to the "best stud" in their local area not realizing that by doing that they narrowed the gene pool and skyrocketed their chances of having birth defects and genetic weaknesses.

If they would bring in three new studs per species to the area the problem would (mostly) go away.

I say mostly because you will always have birth defects in a certain number of births.

[Buckeye McFrog]

BONUS! Head's the tastiest part of the cow!

[hecticskeptic]

It’s not all that uncommon... When I was a kid, I went to the Huron County Museum in Goderich, Ontario. They had two two-headed calves on display there. https://www.huroncountymuseum.ca/two-heads-are-better-than-one/

[vetvetdoug]

There is a weed near Langtry, Texas, that has teratogenic properties. The old Judge Roy Bean Museum had several stuffed two headed sheep and calves.

[vetvetdoug]

There is a weed near Langtry, Texas, that has teratogenic properties. The old Judge Roy Bean Museum had several stuffed two headed sheep and calves.

[Augie]

Big deal. Birth defects have been happening since birth began.

Maybe they’ll be able to sell it to the sideshow when the circus comes to town.

[Red Badger]

Universities pay $$ for odd things like this as well................

[dfwgator]

[CaliforniaCraftBeer]