A FREAK OF NATURE.
■V. A iteiver belonging to Mr. William Walters, a dairyman, living near Merriwa : n \ - (N.S.W.), gave birth to a calf having two heads and two tails, but to all outward 'i ranees an ordinary body and legs. '. The freak.was killed in birth to save the heifer. A post-mortem examination revealed that twins of, both sexes were joined in on*, body, The -heads were of natural size, and the hecks jointed at the shoulders. In the body" 'were double hearts, liver stomach, 81 etc., .and organs showing each : ; sex. The skin, with the heads attached, was carefully -removed, and is being stuffed. f*i;ft:V-.:: . ' "■-'?'" : ■'...-. ■.'•■.' '-.■■.■',.■■■■■ ■'. .... "■.■■:■''•
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13729, 21 April 1908, Page 6
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106A FREAK OF NATURE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13729, 21 April 1908, Page 6
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