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Two-headed tortoise grows twice as fast as its siblings
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by Paul Conneally | September 13, 2008 at 10:28 am
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Having two heads is unusual but this tiny mutant tortoise is using them both to get more than his fair share of food and thriving.
Workers at the Water World aquatic farm at Wuwei town in Anhui, eastern China, were shocked to discover the unusual creature after they ordered a shipment of baby tortoises from a local farm.
Initially they were worried that the tiny 0.6oz (17g) mutant reptile would not survive, but it soon began to overtake its brothers and sisters in size.
Water World spokesman Jimmy Hu said: "We got it two weeks ago and it's growing fast, probably because it can eat twice as fast as the others.
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Paul Conneally
Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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at 14:58 on September 13th, 2008
LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff.
I feel bad for it...
at 14:58 on September 13th, 2008
LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff.