‘I hope it survives’: Incredible find on US beach

Researchers have discovered a rare two headed turtle hatchling on a beach in the United States.

Edisto Beach State Park sea turtle patrol was conducting a routine nest inventory when they stumbled across the rare two headed turtle in July. 

“Three to five days after a sea turtle nest shows signs of a major emergence, we dig down to determine the success of the nest by counting the hatched eggs, unhatched eggs and on occasions also find live hatchlings,” the group said in a Facebook post on July 24. 

“While performing an inventory this past Wednesday, patrollers and volunteers found three alive loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings still in the chamber, but one hatchling, in particular, stood out because it had two heads!”

Just keep swimming

Scientists believe the two headed hatchling is the result of a genetic mutation.

The turtle was released into the wild along with the other hatchlings. It is not known whether it survived.

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