Two headed tortoise
- Thread starter leigti
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Interesting. But I wonder: what of his nervous system?
Which head does he "use?" so as to say.
Probably uses both.
Wow, never thought they would live that long. That's really cool that they can. Thanks for sharing.
Would be interesting to watch him eat.
HawaiiHermann
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There's a video of a two-headed tortoise named Janus on Youtube... likely the same one. Doesn't look like a very comfortable life.
True. That is why I asked about his nervous system.
I Googled it and the story tells that both heads are individual, with one being a bit more dominant and tries to steal food from the other.
Thanks the info, Yvonne. Appreciate it.
I'm sure the surface has a lot to do with it. I also don't know how good of care he has gotten although considering he has lived for 20 years that's pretty good. I guess I should say that they have lived for 20 years, there are two brains functioning there. It would be interesting to see them in a more natural environment where they could get good footing and eat weeds etc.
Reptilian Feline
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Two heads to me means siamese twins. It's two torts sharing one body. If this was a human, we wouldn't say one person with two heads - it would be two people with one body.
And each head would have its own name.
I wonder at what point their bodily functions merge and share common functionalities.
