Live Two-Head Turtle to be Exhibited in Kyiv
A two-headed turtle with two hearts and six legs can be seen of Friday at the exhibition called Live Dragons in the capital of Ukraine.
The organizer of the project Dmitry Tkachev said, “This turtle is a mutation.”
According to him, the turtle was born to a breeder of the animals in Ukraine, “in the wild, animals with such mutations rarely survive.”
Tkachev went on to explain that the heads of the unusual turtle can’t see each other, “each has its own character, so they often want to crawl in different directions.”
Sergei Ryabov, head of the center that studies reptiles, said that each of the heads of this unusual reptile had its own favorite food.
“One eats everything but prefers green leaves, if you offer it a choice it will eat only green, but this one does not eat leaves at all and eats only red or colorful things, like peppers or carrots,” Ryabov said.
The two-headed turtle can be seen in the natural history museum of Kyiv until April 20.