• Question: do 2 headed animals actually exsist?

    Asked by 892furk52 to Sarah on 5 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Sarah Guerin

      Sarah Guerin answered on 5 Nov 2017:

      So, as far as I know, there is no animal that is supposed to have two heads. There have been animals, particularly snakes and lizards, that have been born with two heads because of something really rare that happens to their DNA. It’s called a genetic mutation- same science as the X-men movies.

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  • Photo: Chris

    Chris commented on :

    There are no animals discovered (so far! The world’s a weird place!) that have evolved with two heads. You can of course get two headed turtles, snakes. lizards. It is rare but not unheard of!

  • Photo: Kathryn

    Kathryn commented on :

    Sometimes goats, pigs, and other animals are born with extra heads, or other body parts with mutations as Sarah described. We humans can have what we call ‘conjoined twins’ where twins are born connected to each other!