May 10, 2011: One body two heads

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://www.newsday.com/news/chinese-girls-born-in-single-body-with-2-heads-1.2866838

I hope one of them doesn't snore..[COLOR=LemonChiffon]. or chew gum.[/COLOR]

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?

monster;732839 wrote:

poor wee bairns, they have a battle ahead

Big Sarge;732851 wrote:

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?

Big Sarge;732851 wrote:

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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that was out of control CF

and full of win

Brianna;732913 wrote:

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?

Exceptionally large population = more chances of billion-to-one outcomes.

I feel sorry for the parents most of all.
The little girls are as yet unaware that they are one of nature's cruel jokes, the parents are fully cognisant. And probably looking back with nostalgia on the days when the local hillside was an option.

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Clicking through to the link, the doctors/nurses taking care of the twins seem to be wearing expressions of disgust. Although maybe it's concern. Looks like disgust though.

I don't see disgust. Concern with a little "Oh Fuck", thrown in.

and a tad of "eww, don't touch it."

glatt;732815 wrote:

Well, two heads are better than one, right?

footfootfoot;732818 wrote:

and not a single neck between them

ZenGum;732897 wrote:

We're gonna need two apples for this recipe.

Clodfobble;732919 wrote:

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

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Oh God, you people are killing me.

:sweat:

Sundae;732992 wrote:

Exceptionally large population = more chances of billion-to-one outcomes.

I feel sorry for the parents most of all.
The little girls are as yet unaware that they are one of nature's cruel jokes, the parents are fully cognisant. And probably looking back with nostalgia on the days when the local hillside was an option.

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Apparently the parents chose to give the twins up pretty much as soon as they were born. They said they couldn't afford to look after such severely disabled children.

Also, according to the report Doctors believe it is extremely unlikely that there would be any way of successfully separating them.

Clodfobble;732919 wrote:

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

[/tasteless]

There's a demon sweeping out a cell on one of the lower rings of Hell just for you:P

DanaC;733051 wrote:

Apparently the parents chose to give the twins up pretty much as soon as they were born. They said they couldn't afford to look after such severely disabled children.

Also, according to the report Doctors believe it is extremely unlikely that there would be any way of successfully separating them.

I still feel sorry for them. The death of a newborn is traumatic enough - but giving birth to a live baby with such an extreme mutation and knowing you've left it alive with strangers could at least equal that.

And no, I honestly can't believe they could be separated.
Even if they decided one human brain had more value than the other - some Doctors have to make those choices after all - the sheer task of replumbing would be prohibitive. I don't mean to be glib, just couldn't think of a better way to describe the diverting and restructuring of all the various vessels and muscles and tubes etc.

Left alone the child must surely die; one heart two brains - how could the circulatory system cope? It seems to me the kindest thing to do is let it go gently into that good night.

Oh I still feel sorry for them. I mean, what a fucking nightmare all round. That picture is a little window onto someone's personal hell (Not Clods, hers has higher flames ;P).

and sulfur

There's a "one cup" joke here, but it is pretty awful.

ZenGum;733191 wrote:

There's a "one cup" joke here, but it is pretty awful.

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Oh, you're not calling Glatt on it, though. Why do you hate me? You are being mean to me. It is not nice. I will ask Mr Undertoad to spray wasp spray on your posts.

ZenGum;733210 wrote:

Oh, you're not calling Glatt on it, though. Why do you hate me? You are being mean to me. It is not nice. I will ask Mr Undertoad to spray wasp spray on your posts.

I can talk to the wasps. Mr sexxpert has showed me how.

ZenGum;733210 wrote:

Oh, you're not calling Glatt on it, though. Why do you hate me? You are being mean to me. It is not nice. I will ask Mr Undertoad to spray wasp spray on your posts.

You didn't win the writing contest fairly. You killed my landlord and then ate his breakfast. You are a bitter scorn person. I will get my writing trophy back and I will find hopkin.

:frog: Hopkin... :lol:

It's an ogre get the torches and pitchforks. (on sale for 10.99 each)