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Kianga the Incredible Polycephalic(two-Headed) Sulcata Tortoise. Kianga’s only malformation is situated in her spinal cord, just after the neck. The spinal cord has a ‘Y’-junction, allowing her to have two heads each with a perfectly formed brain and cervical spinal cord, two tracheas leading to one set of lungs, two esophagi leading to one normal sized stomach and one beating heart.
http://thereptilereport.com/kianga-the-incredible-two-headed-sulcata-tortoise/
Fengor
I wonder if each head goes through life thinking there's always another tortoise near them with no respect for personal space?
bluboy80
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
CapitalNick
I like his popped collar. The only time a popped collar is acceptable.
JoshuaCM0408
This guy looks straight out of Rygar
Creeeamy
Twortoise.
aninvisiblemaniac
clearly this is conjoined tortoise twins
metalfoto
Amazing. Woah.
Bon3rJams03
How does it decide where to go?
Furryboots
I bet they fight each other quite a lot...
whohasseenthewind
so both heads have the same name?
ottotravel
Right? Shouldn't it be Kianga and Bianca or some such.
L4dead2
Why do animals look cooler than people with two heads
BritishBatman
their heads are smaller, not such an impact after the neck.
jazzybear
Because it's easier for people to notice irregularities in things they're familiar with.
TheySayTheGirthCouldKill
One of them looks kinda shy, I wonder if he'll ever come out of his shell.
BoltActionGearbox
Abby and Brittany go to the pet store
Copperbrat
This is not one tortoise with two heads. It's conjoined twin tortoises. Not that they care what you call them, just clarifying.
Necroglass
The 2nd photo it looks like the bigger turtle is gonna say I'm proud son
NSATailoredAccessOperationsUnit
Argggghhh, kill it with fire!!!
DopeyFuckedaPenguinAgain
¯\_(ツ)(ツ)_/¯
ShrimpShrimpNoNo
Ha
FartyMcDumpstein
UpvoteBuddyJesus
Comment of the year. We are done here
chazez
Cannot up vote enough
BarrackHusseinIslamabama
Wouldn't that technically be two tortoises with one body? shouldn't they have two names?
PeePeeFrictionPleasure
They clearly missed the opportunity naming the heads "Michael" & "Angelo"
designmajor
Yasss
romelpierre
doneisha
Zellacat
It can eat twice as fast.
NeonRitari
Zweilous http://imgur.com/ES2C2IT
SharkyMcSnarkface
How the hell is it only now I notice the entire evolution line is named after German numbers?
NeonRitari
Deino and Hydreigon have their numbers cleverly hidden but Zweilous is more obvious. That's where I noticed German numbers in first place
NeonRitari
Also 'ein' and 'drei' are more English-like than 'zwei'
TheAmbiguityShows
Think of how much they are saving on rent though!
katwilm
I hope they get along
chomoloc0
I would rather say dicephalic or bicephalic, instead of polycephalic, since its specified to have 'two heads', and not 'more than one head'
Sionas
So theoretically if we had fully formed structures we could have two heads as well?
pengu228
Ain't that what siameses twins are basically?
bunnynamednelson
Abby and Brittany Hensel are very close to this actually, though they probably have a separate set of internal organs.
Naeaes
[*]Teenage [x]Mutant [*]Ninja [_]Turtle (x=Yes, _=No, *=No data)
Rin007
I think all turtles are teenagers because their organs don't grow old and frail like ours do.
PeePeeFrictionPleasure
So "Maybe Teenage, Mutant Maybe, Ninja Non-Turtle - STMMNNT" Okay got it
lizabyte
Meenage tutant needle teetles.
fooker
Looks like a baby kaiju to me.. just wait a few years it'll be saving us from Gojira
MobiusTheInfinitelyAwesomeDog
All tortoises are turtles. Not all turtles are tortoises. You can check turtle!
BRAD666
Juvenile mutant sulcata tortoise! Juvenile mutant sulcata tortoise!
StarmanUltra
Juvinile mutant sulcata tortoise! Tortoise with a Y-spine! Esophagi!
Prinzka
Turtle is often used to refer to the order. The order includes tortoises. So I think you can check yes for turtle.
Prinzka
Considering they can grow up to 10 inches in just the first few years. I think the odds are it's a toddler. So the acronym still works.
Dragerien
No one ever reveals they are a ninja...
Applepotamus
AwkwardKeming
Here's the real options for ninja: [__] Yes, shitty ninja. [__] Maybe ninja?
TrustMeImABassist
If you see a ninja, it isn't a real ninja.
Dragerien
Unless you're the target... we need the fate of the cameraman right bow!
bluboy80
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
JebediahJones
But how do they control the body
JebediahJones
Also if there are two fully formed brains why only one name?
nowitsshowtime
Sorry to have to ask, do they die at the same time? What if one has a brain tumor, just one head dies?
ToastedVanilla
I'm no doctor, but I imagine if one head dies the systems will start shutting down and the other will die as well
1Rogue
depends on the interconnectivity of the two brain stems, if there are two brain stems. Afaik it's basically uncharted territory
awooble
they also share a heart...i cant imagine it would live.
SeeShark
Why? It's not like the heart needs two brains to tell it what to do. (It barely even needs one)
awooble
http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/i-hate-it-when-you-make-me-look-like-an-idiot.jpg