‘Miraculous’ calf born with two faces stuns milkmen in an Indian village
- Two-headed calf born to a milkman in Tirukoilur, Tamil Nadu in southern India
- Young cow has two separate faces that appear to be attached to a single skull
- Kathiruval, who owns the calf, said he was ‘stunned’ to discover the newborn
A calf born with two faces has stunned milkmen in an south Indian village.
In a clip, filmed in Tirukoilur, Tamil Nadu, milk trader Kathiruval sits with the young cow at his feet.
He then pulls the newborn’s head up to show the place on its head where the two faces meet.
The newborn calf, born in Tamil Nadu, southern India, has two faces which share a single body and skull, with four eyes, two mouths, and just one pair of ears
They share one body and one skull, with four eyes, two mouths, and a single pair of ears.
Kathiruval, who owns the calf, said: ‘We were stunned when the calf was born. None of my cows has ever given birth to a two-headed calf ever.
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‘Nobody in the village including the vets believed that the calf would survive even for few hours but the animal has defied the odds to survive for over a month.’
It was born to a cow belonging to milkman Kathiruval, who deemed the calf ‘miraculous’
He said people flock to his house every day to see the ‘miraculous’ calf in person.
Santosh Pillai, who also lives in the village, said: ‘We all were surprised when we saw the two-headed calf. It is a God’s miracle.’
A vet explained the phenomenon of being born with two heads is known as polycephaly, and is believed to occur when a single embryo begins to split into twins but stops.
The stunned milkman said people flock to his house every day to see the calf in person
The developed portion of the second body then remains attached.
Each head of a polycephalic animal has its own brain, which controls the organs and limbs.
Although the specific structure of the connections varies between each case, animals with such conditions don’t often survive more than a few months.
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