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http://elmanana.com.mx/noticia/18476/Nace-ballenato-con-2-cabezas-en-Baja-California-Sur-.html
Spanish-English translation
Calf with 2 heads and tails born in Baja California Sur "Siamese whale"
Photo at the link.
A fisherman from Scammon Lagoon realized it was a "Siamese whale", because it had two heads and two tails.
Mexico, DF. . - In an unprecedented event, and during this season of Grey Whale, was born the first Siamese whale in la Laguna Ojo de Liebre en Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur.
Whale Gray did not survive so was found dead floating the seashore of the whale sanctuary. finding was the head of a group of fisherman and service providers led by Jesús Gómez and who initially reported finding "unaballena two heads", but the approach and observe carefully, it realized it was "a Siamese whale", because I had two heads and two tails and the body was held together after birth. Like every year, the gray whale travels 16,000 miles from Alaska to Mexico, to breed and have calves or calves in only three natural whalers shelters are. Magdalena Bay, San Ignacio Lagoon and Laguna Scammon Siamese whale measuring nearly 4 feet long and weighed almost 500 kilos, and which was rescued by a group of scientists Regional Fisheries Research Center, Biological Research Center and Center for Marine Science, to investigate the strange birth. According to a scientific consulted Azteca News, the birth of a Siamese tends to occur in 1 of 200 thousand cases, a survival rate ranging between 5 and 25%. 's calf, according to the scientist, procreated in Mexican Pacific waters during the season last year and today was born, unfortunately did not survive after birth.
Spanish-English translation
Calf with 2 heads and tails born in Baja California Sur "Siamese whale"
Photo at the link.
A fisherman from Scammon Lagoon realized it was a "Siamese whale", because it had two heads and two tails.
Mexico, DF. . - In an unprecedented event, and during this season of Grey Whale, was born the first Siamese whale in la Laguna Ojo de Liebre en Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur.
Whale Gray did not survive so was found dead floating the seashore of the whale sanctuary. finding was the head of a group of fisherman and service providers led by Jesús Gómez and who initially reported finding "unaballena two heads", but the approach and observe carefully, it realized it was "a Siamese whale", because I had two heads and two tails and the body was held together after birth. Like every year, the gray whale travels 16,000 miles from Alaska to Mexico, to breed and have calves or calves in only three natural whalers shelters are. Magdalena Bay, San Ignacio Lagoon and Laguna Scammon Siamese whale measuring nearly 4 feet long and weighed almost 500 kilos, and which was rescued by a group of scientists Regional Fisheries Research Center, Biological Research Center and Center for Marine Science, to investigate the strange birth. According to a scientific consulted Azteca News, the birth of a Siamese tends to occur in 1 of 200 thousand cases, a survival rate ranging between 5 and 25%. 's calf, according to the scientist, procreated in Mexican Pacific waters during the season last year and today was born, unfortunately did not survive after birth.