The study was recently published in the scientific journal “American Midland Naturalist” and is being considered by researchers as an emblematic case in wildlife.
Conjoined twins are rarely found in animals, and most do not survive birth. In fact, scientists still don’t know exactly what causes this phenomenon.
“Even in humans, we don’t know,” explained D’Angelo. “We believe it is an unnatural division of cells during early embryo development.”
“It is іпсгedіЬɩe and extremely elegant,” said scientist Gio D’Angelo from the University of Georgia in a ѕtаtemeпt. “We can’t even estimate the rarity of this. Of the tens of millions of fawns born annually in the US, there are ѕіɡпіfісапt anomalies occurring in the world that we don’t even know about.”
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“We all thought it was pretty cool, and we were glad to be able to show it to the public,” said Corricelli.
“The taxidermists, Robert Ute and Jessica Brooks, did a great job with the mount and treated it with great respect.”