This fall, a highly unusual diamondback terrapin arrived at a wildlife center in Massachusetts. It has fascinated veterinarians (and the public) since.
eaten in soup). The head start program finds nests vulnerable to predators or weather and keeps the turtle hatchlings in captivity for the first year to aid their survival.
Even though Mertz calls the turtles “guys,” their gender is unknown. “Terrapins in general don't reach sexual maturity until almost 10 years old,” says Priya Patel, a veterinarian who serves as the center’s medical director. The Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center took X-rays to closely study the digestive tracts of each half of the two-headed turtle.
On whether genetic or environmental factors caused the turtle to have two heads: “We've had that question a lot but we really don't know,” says Mertz. The other hatchlings that were born at the same time did not present any unusual characteristics. So this case of bicephaly is “just a one-off anomaly,” Patel says.
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