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Just when I thought I had seen it all – check out this baby snake’s incredible deformity; it has three functioning eyes! The deformity, categorized as “diprosopus” (also known as craniofacial duplication), is an extremely rare congenital disorder where parts of the face get duplicated. It has been documented in many types of animals, including (but not limited to) cats, pigs, cows, sheep, goats, birds, fish, reptiles, and even humans. The juvenile carpet python was found slithering across a road in the northern Australian town of Humpty Doo. Sadly, it died after only a month in captivity. Photo credit Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife https://www.facebook.com/ParksandWildlifeNT/photos/pcb.2284844224909161/2284838874909696/?type=3&theater #Snake #Reptile #Herpetology #VultureCulture #AnimalAnomaly #FreakAnimal #DeformedAnimal #Monsters #Diprosopus #TotallyBizarre #snek https://www.instagram.com/p/BxCrG0JHxzD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10uw4xnsf4swa

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One of my upcoming projects. I will be preparing this little guy for my personal collection. It has chondrodysplasia, a type of dwarfism. Cattle breeders refer to them as a bulldog or snorter calf. The cartilage fails to develop properly which stunts the growth of the skeleton. The heads are always brachycephalic and/or hydrocephalic accompanied by a cleft palate, the limbs are severely stunted, and the spine is shortened and malformed. This is an inherited defect in cattle and has been described in multiple breeds. No single gene is responsible for the condition, but it is usually seen in varieties intentionally bred for legs that are disproportionately short in comparison to the length of their body (such as angus and dexter cattle). This is a lethal deformity and calves are always stillborn, therefore do not suffer, however the delivery can be hard on the mother.