Conjoined Two-Headed Stillborn Deers Found in Minnesota will Soon be Displayed for Public Viewing
The fawns had normal fur, heads and legs, but internally had a shared liver, extra spleens and gastrointestinal tracts.
In 2016 a mushroom hunter discovered a conjoined white-tailed fawn in a Minnesota, US forest, is being hailed by researchers as a landmark case among oddities in nature. According to a recent study published in the science journal American Midland Naturalist, the fawns which were stillborn are believed to have been the first recorded case of a conjoined two-headed deers to have reached full term. The hunter contacted the Minnesota DNR and the fawns were frozen until a necropsy could be conducted.
Lou Cornicelli, co-author of the study and a wildlife research manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources told Fox9 said, 슬롯사이트It슬롯사이트s never been described before. There are a few reported cases of two-headed ungulate foetuses, but nothing delivered to term. So, the uniqueness made it special.슬롯사이트� According to study co-author Gino D슬롯사이트Angelo, a researcher at the University of Georgia, lab tests including a CT scan and MRI, revealed the fawns had two separate head-neck regions which re-joined along the spine. The fawns had normal fur, heads and legs, but internally had a shared liver, extra spleens and gastrointestinal tracts.
Rare Wildlife Birth: Two-headed Conjoined Stillborn Deer
D슬롯사이트Angelo said, 슬롯사이트Their anatomy indicates the fawns would never have been viable. Yet, they were found groomed and in a natural position, suggesting that the doe tried to care for them after delivery. The maternal instinct is very strong.슬롯사이트� Conjoined twins are commonly found in domestic animals, especially cattle and sheep but are rare in other wildlife, according to D슬롯사이트Angelo.
The conjoined fawns have since been mounted on a bed of greenery by Wild Images in Motion Taxidermy at Minnesota DNR headquarters in St and will now be placed on public display, according to Fox9. 슬롯사이트We all thought it was pretty neat and were glad to be able to show it to the public,슬롯사이트� Cornicelli told Fox9. 슬롯사이트The taxidermists, Robert Utne and Jessica Brooks did a great job with the mount and treated it very respectfully.슬롯사이트� The fawns will have positioned as it was just waking up from a slumber.
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