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Two-headed baby boy born
A baby boy, named Kiron, was born with two heads by Cesarean section in Bangladesh on Monday.
An estimated 150,000 people from the region descended on the clinic to try to catch sight of the boy so he was moved to a larger hospital and placed under police protection.
Dr Mohamad Abdul Bari, the mother's gynaecologist, said: "He has one stomach and he is eating normally with his two mouths. He has one genital organ and a full set of limbs. He was born from one embryo but there was a developmental anomaly."
The clinic had been unable to determine whether the baby had one or two sets of vital organs, Dr Bari said.
Kiron's life was not in immediate danger but he and his 22-year-old mother were moved to the hospital in the nearby city of Jessore city because of the large crowds that had gathered at the clinic, the doctor said.
According to a local newspaper, many well-wishers had left money for the baby's family.
Update: 28th August. Sadly the baby died after the parents took him home because they could not afford adequate medical care. A baby boy, named Kiron, was born with two heads by Cesarean section in Bangladesh on Monday. ... more -
Conjoined twins, Abby & Brittany Hensel turn 16
Interesting story.
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Rare conjoined twin birds
"A pair of conjoined barn swallows, attached at the hip by skin and possibly muscle tissue, will be sent to the Smithsonian Institution for study and examination, Arkansas wildlife officials said Friday. If confirmed, officials say it could prove to be an incredibly rare find — a set of conjoined twins among birds.
"I can't even say it's one in a million — it's probably more than that," said Karen Rowe, an ornithologist with the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. "There's just very little to no records of such a thing."
The birds, found by a landowner in White County earlier this week, fell out of a nest as a healthy sibling flew off to learn how to hunt with its parents, Rowe said. The birds first appeared to have only three legs, but further examination found a fourth leg tucked up underneath the skin connecting the pair.
Rowe said the landowner likely kept the birds for a day before calling wildlife officials. By the time officials arrived, the two birds refused to eat. One of the birds died early Friday morning and a veterinarian later euthanized the other.
While conjoined twins have been documented in humans, other mammals and reptiles, finding conjoined birds is difficult, as they likely die before being discovered, Rowe said. X-rays of the pair found each bird was fully formed, Rowe said. Scientists at the Smithsonian will examine the birds to determine whether they were fraternal twins or identical twins.
Rowe said the birds would have had to come from a double-yolk egg.
Barn swallows hunt insects in flight and make mud nests. The typical bird can live for several years, though the conjoined twins might not have lived that long even if they had been successfully separated. Rowe said it would have been difficult to teach the birds to fly.
"It's just amazing to think they were attached and had two brains," Rowe said.
Too bad they died though, maybe they could have separated them. "A pair of conjoined barn swallows, attached at the hip by skin and possibly muscle tissue, will be sent to the Smithsonian Insti... more -
Conjoined barn swallows cause stir
A pair of conjoined barn swallows, attached at the hip by skin and possibly muscle tissue, will be sent to the Smithsonian Institution for study and examination, Arkansas wildlife officials said Friday.
If confirmed, officials say it could prove to be an incredibly rare find — a set of conjoined twins among birds. "I can't even say it's one in a million — it's probably more than that," said Karen Rowe, an ornithologist with the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. "There's just very little to no records of such a thing."
The birds, found by a landowner in White County earlier this week, fell out of a nest as a healthy sibling flew off to learn how to hunt with its parents, Rowe said. The birds first appeared to have only three legs, but further examination found a fourth leg tucked up underneath the skin connecting the pair.
Rowe said the landowner likely kept the birds for a day before calling wildlife officials. By the time officials arrived, the two birds refused to eat. One of the birds died early Friday morning and a veterinarian later euthanized the other.
While conjoined twins have been documented in humans, other mammals and reptiles, finding conjoined birds is difficult, as they likely die before being discovered, Rowe said. X-rays of the pair found each bird was fully formed, Rowe said. Scientists at the Smithsonian will examine the birds to determine whether they were fraternal twins or identical twins. Rowe said the birds would have had to come from a double-yolk egg.
(Excerpts / SFGate) A pair of conjoined barn swallows, attached at the hip by skin and possibly muscle tissue, will be sent to the Smithsonian Institution... more -
The History of Conjoined Twins
Really interesting read on the historical outlook on conjoined twins.
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Little Lakshmi Already Standing On Her Two Feet!
This is wonderful news, and her happy face tells it all. Since her incomplete conjoined twin had no head, she couldn't relate to it as a sibling, so she won't be suffering the trauma of its "death", either. This is wonderful news, and her happy face tells it all. Since her incomplete conjoined twin had no head, she couldn't relate to ... more
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Girl Born With Eight Limbs Making A Good Recovery
A two-year-old Indian girl born with four arms and four legs was due to leave hospital Saturday, more than a month after an operation to remove her extra limbs, a doctor said.
Lakshmi will return home after recovering well enough from last month's marathon operation to separate her from a headless, conjoined twin, said surgeon Sharan Patil. A two-year-old Indian girl born with four arms and four legs was due to leave hospital Saturday, more than a month after an operation ... more -
Many-limbed India girl in surgery
Doctors in India are attempting rare surgery to give a chance of a normal life to a two-year-old child who was born with four arms and four legs. Doctors in India are attempting rare surgery to give a chance of a normal life to a two-year-old child who was born with four arms and... more
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Eight Limbed Toddler: reincarnation if Hindu God
"A toddler born with eight limbs and believed by some to be the reincarnation of the multi-limbed Hindu goddess Vishnu, is set to undergo a 40-hour operation to remove half of her limbs."
Never seen anything like this. "A toddler born with eight limbs and believed by some to be the reincarnation of the multi-limbed Hindu goddess Vishnu, is set to... more
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