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Two-Headed Turtle Found In New England Two-Headed Turtle Found In New England
Two-Headed Turtle Found In New England Wildlife officials in New England are seeing double as a tiny turtle born in New England is setting out to prove that two heads are really better than one. The Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts announced the birth of a rare diamondback terrapin turtle hatchling that was born with two heads and six legs due to a condition called “bicephaly.” “This is a condition called bicephaly and is a rare anomaly that can occur from both genetic and environmental factors that influence an embryo during development,” according to officials. “‘They’ hatched from a protected nesting site in Barnstable…

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