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After the Journal of Fish Biology published a two-headed shark last March, now comes another weird topic that went viral over several social networking sites. A two-headed pig was reportedly born in the Jiujiang village located in China's eastern province of Jiangxi.
The two-headed animal was reportedly suffering from a deformity called axial bifurcation, an incomplete splitting of an embryo into two separate organisms, or twins.
Michigan State University researcher, Michael Wagner, said that "Halfway through the process of forming twins, the embryo stops dividing."
Reports say that the two-headed pig has two snouts, two ears and a shared eye.
This is the second time that a two-headed pig was born in China. A piglet with two heads and three eyes was reportedly born in the village of Zhaodun located in the province of Jiangsu.
Researchers say that axial bifurcation occurs in both human and animal. Other animals that made the news recently include shark, goat, snake and more.
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