Todd Ray's Two-Headed Turtle from Canada
According to foreign media reports on October 9, Todd Ray, a Canadian lover of two-headed animals, recently discovered a "two-headed turtle." The two baby turtles were born with their bodies fused together in a "face-to-face" position, which makes it impossible for them to move. Ray has decided to find a veterinarian to separate them, but unfortunately, due to the complexity of the surgery, no veterinarian is yet able to perform it.
Ray said that a young boy from Compton called him to say his grandfather had found the two-headed turtle. These two baby turtles are only six weeks old and cannot move because their bodies are merged. However, the baby turtles are not aware that they are connected, so they often scratch each other with their claws. "I like to let two-headed animals stay in their original state of birth. Because they are different, they will strive to survive for this difference. But I hope to separate these baby turtles because they are likely to die," said Ray.
However, most veterinarians have never experienced or even heard of performing separation surgery on animals. A doctor named Douglas Flander said that if the animals were only connected by skin, the surgery would be easy. "But judging from the photos, the two turtles' plastrons are also connected, which undoubtedly will make this a very difficult surgery," he added.