two headed turtle

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Critters

Two-headed turtle shown

A pet store has bought a two-headed turtle from a collector and plans to keep it on display, the manager of Big Al's Aquarium Supercenter in East Norriton, Pa., said. The 2-month-old turtle, actually conjoined red-eared slider twins, fits on a silver dollar. It has two heads sticking out from opposite ends of its shell, along with a pair of front feet on each side. But there is just one set of back feet and one tail. No word on how much was paid for the turtle.

Passages



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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Penn. - A rare and rather bizarre two headed turtle is on display at a Pennsylvania pet store.


What makes this freak of nature so strange is the heads are on opposite ends of the reptile's shell.

It also has four front legs, two back legs.

The turtle came from a collector in Florida.

The owner of the Montgomery County pet store says he doesn't plan to sell it, but will keep it to attract people to the store.
The 2-month-old turtle, known as a red-eared slider, fits on a silver dollar. It has two heads sticking out from opposite ends of its shell, along with a pair of front feet on each side. But there is just one set of back feet and one tail.

The turtle is seemingly healthy, and the species can live 15 to 20 years, Jacoby said. The turtle has not yet been named.

The same exotic-turtle collector sold another Big Al's store a conjoined-twin turtle about 20 years ago, Jacoby said. The man lives in Florida, but he declined to identify him.
A collector in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, passed the freak of nature to Big Al's Aquarium Supercenter in East Norriton.

Jay Jacobi, the shop's exotic reptile manager, said: "The two heads seem to have their own thoughts, operating independently.

"But sometimes they seem to put their two heads together and move in the same direction, feed together, walk together."

Three names are in the running for the turtle.

These include Gemini, after the Zodian twins symbol, and Blinky, the name of a three-eyed, radioactive fish in an episode of The Simpsons.

The store is also pondering calling the turtle Limerick, after a nuclear plant in the region, or Them.

A two-headed tortoise was found in South Africa in 2003, with another turning in Dorset the following year.