The Cellar - May 10, 2011: One body two heads

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May 10, 2011: One body two heads

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Twins are often close, but few are as close as the conjoined twins born in China on Thursday. The girls - who were transferred from a hospital in Sichuan province to one in Chongqing - have two heads but share a single body.

The local Huaxi Metropolis Daily reported the twins weighed 9 pounds and measured 20 inches. They have two arms, two legs, two spines, and two esophaguses but share other organs.

The twins are believed to suffer from dicephalic parapagus, the Daily Mail reported. That's a condition in which a fertilized egg fails to fully divide, and it's extremely rare.

How rare? The condition occurs once in every 50,000 to 100,000 births, according to a medical literature review published in 2005. In part because of anatomical problems, about 40 percent of conjoined twins are stillborn, and 35 percent die within the first 24 hours of life.

http://cellar.org/2011/chinesetwins1.jpg

http://cellar.org/2011/chinesetwins2.jpg

http://www.newsday.com/news/chinese-...eads-1.2866838

I hope one of them doesn't snore... or chew gum.

Well, two heads are better than one, right?

and not a single neck between them

Zaphod Beeblebrox's twin, twin sisters.

poor wee bairns, they have a battle ahead

and I didn't intend the pun, but I'll still take all credit ;)

am i the only one that feels sad for them?

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Originally Posted by monster (Post 732839)

poor wee bairns, they have a battle ahead

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge (Post 732851)

am i the only one that feels sad for them?

no.

We're gonna need two apples for this recipe.

So which brain runs the autonomic system? Wow.

Wait! How does that fit out the birth canal?!#8@#&_!#^&%$#!!!!

The head on the right as we look at them seems dominant.

why does all this crazy stuff come from china? IIRC, there was a guy there with TWO faces, ffs! What do they do? Eat DEET?

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge (Post 732851)

am i the only one that feels sad for them?

Nope. Thank God it wasn't mine.

Man, some people will do anything to get around China's "one child" policy.

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