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twins in one egg, one normal and this guy piped but then died. three eyes almost two heads too weird.

That is interesting! Please tell me you plan on breeding the same pair next year. Did you take any pics from different angles? Neat. Shane

I don't know if I should breed for freaks or just never put these two together again!

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What interested me the most was that there were twins in a different egg. Something is going on there, be it genetics, or incubation. I'm thinking genetics.
Neat. Shane

I think that its just an accidental occurence. The dead baby looks like it was on its way to being a two-head hog / siamese twin. Neat pics!

-Alice

It was definitely on its way to becoming two snakes, but something went wrong. As I understand the occurence of twins is a female trait, but I would breed the same pair just to make sure. If the incubation was normal, then the occurence of twins in that female should be normal. Shane

>>I think that its just an accidental occurence. The dead baby looks like it was on its way to being a two-head hog / siamese twin. Neat pics!
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>>-Alice

From what I know about I know about conjoined twins, it shouldn't happen again. You're female may b eprone to twins, but a conjoined baby is determined before it really starts to form. So it wouldn't have split at all. The chances of this female producing another set of conjoined twins is fairly astronomical. Of course, what I know about them comes from people, but development is the same. The cells start dividing too late to form two complete babies. So that much should be the same in all vertebrates.

Maranda
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