A dairy farmer was baffled when one of his cows gave birth to a mutant calf with two heads, four eyes, and three mouths.
Miguel Amarilla keeps 15 cattle on his farm.
But on Saturday (20 Apr) one of the calves was born deformed for the first time.
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One of the baby farm animal’s heads was at a right angle from the other.
Miguel and his family keep around 15 dairy cows on their premises in Curupicay near San Pedro del Paraná, Paraguay.
They have tried to feed the newborn, but without any luck, as the animal will not eat.It is also refusing to suckle from its mother.
The family has no idea how its internal organs are distributed.
The infant calf is able to stand up on its own, as reported on Need To Know.
But its two heads weigh it down, bending its neck at a right angle.
Despite the strain, it has to keep moving its neck constantly to keep its balance.
Local media said over the weekend that Miguel planned to report the case to Paraguay’s National Service of Quality and Animal Health on Monday (22 Apr) if the calf survived.
In a video of the strange-looking creature, a woman can be heard saying: “I’ve asked them to come and take it.
“Honestly, I don’t want to keep it. I feel for it, but I don’t want it.”
The calf may have been born with two heads after an abnormality caused the fertilised egg cell to split only part of the way.
Instead of two fully formed twins, it may have split into two half-formed babies sharing a body.
It is known that calves with two heads often have many other congenital abnormalities.
For example, their cardiovascular, neural, and digestive systems may be malformed, making it nearly impossible for them to carry out normal vital functions.
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