What happens when an animal is born with two heads?

[Billie Jean Kunkel]

Hi Richard....interesting question!

I do not recall, althought I'm certain I heard info in the past:
Are these unfortunate creatures twins-gone-wrong ?
I believe that is what I had heard before!

If it included other parts of the anatomy being duplicated as well, would it
not be then considered conjoined twins ?

Simple curiosity!
B.J. (Billie Jean the 'possum queen) Kunkel
Dr. Richard Morton <rkmorto at ibm.net> wrote in message
news:376E5610.12EB at ibm.net...
> Chryse,
> To respond to your query about two-headed animals, I seem to remember
> from my days in nuclear research that we had a two-headed calf at the
> Oak Ridge National Laboratory many years ago as a result of some of the
> radiation-induced mutation experiments we did back then. You might check
> at www.ornl.gov for a way to get more info.  As for me, I only did
> materials testing, and the odd insect irradiation study or two. Hope you
> get what you're looking for!
>
> Dr. Richard Morton, Clinical Director
> SomaMed Laboratories