A fishing vessel in the North Sea between the UK,My Sisters Friend (2019) the Netherlands, and Scandinavia found quite the catch last month: the first-ever documented two-headed harbor porpoise.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
The dead conjoined porpoise twins were caught up in the GO9 Onderneming fishing vessel's trawl net on May 30, according to the Natural History Museum of Rotterdam's journal Deinsea.
SEE ALSO: Leonardo DiCaprio and Mexico team up to save the cutest little porpoise everThe Dutch museum said the ship's workers were "astonished" to find that the animal had what appeared to be two heads. They took pictures and then threw it overboard. The crew thought it would be illegal to keep the dead porpoise, so the actual specimen is now lost to the ocean.
View this post on Instagram
But the photos were sent to marine mammal scientists who wrote about the case last week, saying "conjoined twins in wild mammals are extremely scarce." The photos appeared to show only the second-known case of twinning in this species and the first known case of conjoined twins. "That makes these Siamese twins porpoises extra special," the museum noted.
Overall, whales and dolphins are rarely found in nature as twins. So the conjoined twins -- which in this case meant the porpoises shared one body -- was even more surprising of a find.
SEE ALSO: Icelandic farmers discover 'unicorn' among their sheep"Descriptions of conjoined twins in whales and dolphins are extremely rare," the scientists wrote. "We were aware of only nine published cases."
The twin harbor porpoises found off the coast of the Netherlands likely had a birth defect. Scientists said the marine mammal was likely male and recently birthed, but died shortly thereafter.
The museum called the discovery an "exceptional" find.
Seven Steam games whose reviews have changed a lot
Cassini's final photos give us a striking glimpse of Saturn
How Apple's iPhone X is using the old 'happy Mac' icon to make Face ID less creepy
'Pokémon Go' developer says iPhone X barely scratches the surface for AR
Amazon Book Sale: Shop early deals now
Samsung will challenge Tesla with its own electric car batteries
Betrayal leads 'EVE Online' player to threaten to cut his teammate's hands off
Man plays piano non
NYT Strands hints, answers for May 5
'The Shape of Water' review: Guillermo del Toro's merman romance
Wordle today: The answer and hints for April 14, 2025
Finally, a sweater that will keep your arms warm and, uh, that's it
Robot rejection made people so mad one told the bot to 'get f*cked'
Google Chrome will turn off autoplay videos with sound to improve your browsing experience
Today's Hurdle hints and answers for May 12, 2025
'Captain Planet' is coming back to TV for a super
An Apple executive just revealed tasty new details about Face ID we didn’t know
A NASA engineer and others are suing CBP for searching their devices
Gods of War
Sellers are advertising full face masks as 'anti iPhone X identity theft' accessories
Jennifer Lawrence continues her streak of being relatable at the OscarsMashable House at SXSW 2018: We're keeping Austin warpedRyan Seacrest snubbed by AThese eleven queer artists on the frontier of pop music'The Shape of Water' star Michael Shannon watched the Oscars in a barJordan Peele tweeted the perfect caption for his Oscar photoDanger! Netflix is spamming every Will Robinson they can find on TwitterMom discovers secret basement in her kitchen that's almost certainly a portal to hellJennifer Lawrence, Jodie Foster will reportedly replace Casey Affleck to present Best ActressMom discovers secret basement in her kitchen that's almost certainly a portal to hellThe best Jordan Peele clips you've probably never seenEmma Stone shouted out Greta Gerwig while presenting for Best DirectorPennsylvania attorney general sues Uber for hiding 2016 data breachMashable House at SXSW 2018: We're keeping Austin warpedRyan Seacrest snubbed by ADanger! Netflix is spamming every Will Robinson they can find on TwitterDownload this: Ski'Coco' songwriter Robert Lopez is the first double EGOT winner everKelly Kapoor and Ryan Howard attended a fancier version of The Dundies togetherAll the best looks from the 2018 Oscars red carpet Meta Connect 2022: Meet the $1,499 Quest Pro VR headset Emilia Clarke details health struggles while filming ‘Game of Thrones’ 'The Midnight Club's twist ending explained The dyed Chicago River doubles as a perfect green screen in this hilarious video Signal app tests new Stories feature Dahmer Netflix series: The real story behind Glenda Cleveland GoFundMe bans anti Meta employees reportedly not supportive of Zuckerberg's metaverse 'Quordle' today: See each 'Quordle' answer and hints for October 11 Mayor Pete's husband, Chasten, is the most charming guy on Twitter Lena Headey posts touching Instagram response to Emilia Clarke's essay on health struggles Where to pre Google Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch first impressions Meta Connect 2022: A future controlled by hand gestures People are jokingly asking USC to consider admitting their very gifted dogs Why is Fox News so quiet about Jeanine Pirro's anti Wordle today: Here's the answer, hints for October 10 This meme highlights some of the absolutely wild news stories that come out of Florida People are sharing their best spill videos after one woman spilled 22 quarts of ranch dressing How to watch 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery'
2.5634s , 8224.515625 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【My Sisters Friend (2019)】,Evergreen Information Network