EPTTwins born that share one body. 2 heads 2 brains - Page 6
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holynorth
United States590 Posts
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NoobSkills
United States1597 Posts
On December 23 2011 01:00 Nothingtosay wrote: ![[image loading]](http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57518000/jpg/_57518002_013568882-2.jpg) Conjoined twins have been born in Brazil with two heads, two functioning brains and two backbones - but a single heart. However there have been other known cases, notably Abigail and Brittany Hensel who were born in the US in 1990. They aim to live as normal a life as possible, even taking their driving test when they were 16. Doctors say separating the twins, named Jesus and Emanuel, is not currently an option because there is only one set of organs, Reuters reports. dicephalic parapagus affected around one in 100,000 pregnancies, but that around half do not reach full-term. Articles BBC (Quotes are from here) + Show Spoiler + http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16300314 HeraldSun + Show Spoiler + http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/twins-born-with-two-heads-and-one-body-both-healthy-and-both-have-an-amazing-appetite/story-e6frf7lf-1226228218320 This is crazy to me, being a twin myself I can't even imagine if this had happened to me. Apparently the twins Abigail and Brittany Hensel both control half of their body. Think about the coordination that takes. I know my brother and I my understand each other more than most people (because we've always been together) but still. They Hensel twins also differ in the fact that they are known to have two of certain organs such as the heart. Is it confirmed by DNA that they are both female? Yes, I know that there is only one set of genitals, but before a person was a conjoined twin. The second twin died early on (very early on) and was not present at birth, but a second set of DNA was in the system. Now for the semi-trolling question. Wouldn't it be interesting if one could control the whole body, but the other was only able to bite the controller's ear? | ||
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Mora
Canada5235 Posts
On December 23 2011 01:28 Firebolt145 wrote: Yeah because this is totally the first and most important issue when growing up. LOL awesome | ||
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EctoMimed
United States38 Posts
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
I hope they live a long and fullfilling life. | ||
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klops
United States674 Posts
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Tatari
United States1179 Posts
"Stop hitting yourself. Stop hitting yourself. Stop hitting yourself." :D I hope they don't have any health complications. | ||
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price
United States297 Posts
On December 23 2011 04:48 NoobSkills wrote: Is it confirmed by DNA that they are both female? Yes, I know that there is only one set of genitals, but before a person was a conjoined twin. The second twin died early on (very early on) and was not present at birth, but a second set of DNA was in the system. this kind of thing can happen to a single person too. if the mother has twins very early in the pregnancy and the two sets of cells fuse, they can create a person with two sets of DNA (one organ will have one type of DNA and another organ might have different DNA). more often than not, conjoined twins like this is the consequence (if not miscarriage). | ||
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Yoshi-
Germany10227 Posts
On December 23 2011 04:48 Sephy90 wrote: Just makes me wonder... what if they were male and female? O_O!! They need to be same gender, cause they are from the same egg. non identical twins are from 2 different eggs. Twins can either be monozygotic ("identical"), meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic ("fraternal") because they develop from two separate eggs that are fertilized by two separate sperm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin And afaik siamese twin can only happen with 1 egg involved | ||
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Zarathusta
United States114 Posts
On a serious note, I have a severe concern that one set of vital organs will not be able to support two fully functional heads (brains). Our brain uses a ton of resources, and one heart trying to pump enough blood up there seems like it will be overworked :/ | ||
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Paraiba
Brazil217 Posts
Bonus: their mother's name is "Mary of Nazareth". Yep. | ||
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RusHXceL
United States1004 Posts
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Railgan
Switzerland1507 Posts
On December 23 2011 04:42 Aterons_toss wrote: Edit: thinking about it, if they have 1 set of organs, will the lungs/heart be "strong" enough to support both brains ? exactly my thought | ||
Myles
United States5162 Posts
On December 23 2011 05:05 Yoshi- wrote: They need to be same gender, cause they are from the same egg. non identical twins are from 2 different eggs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin And afaik siamese twin can only happen with 1 egg involved It's much rarer then when 1 egg splits, but conjoined twins can also result from the merger of two separate eggs. | ||
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Livelovedie
United States492 Posts
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Yoshi-
Germany10227 Posts
On December 23 2011 05:11 Myles wrote: It's much rarer then when 1 egg splits, but conjoined twins can also result from the merger of two separate eggs. But then i can't really believe that 2 separated eggs could form such a body(2 heads, rest normal) | ||
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Kmatt
United States1019 Posts
I'm sorry, but when I see something this uncommon, I can't help but attempt humor. | ||
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PhuxPro
United States294 Posts
On December 23 2011 04:39 Vegalive wrote: A properly functioning endocrine system should have negative feedback loops to stop the excess of any hormone so I don't think that this would be a problem but obviously this is a very special case so you can't be sure. Oh, that's right. I completely forgot about homeostasis and the feedback mechanisms within the human body. Thanks for reminding me! | ||
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
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Yoshi-
Germany10227 Posts
On December 23 2011 05:16 Kmatt wrote: I Immediately thought of 2 Templar that went to form an Archon and attempted a cancel. I'm sorry, but when I see something this uncommon, I can't help but attempt humor. Lol reminds me of an old bug in bw, where you could either create a ever ending Archon Morph or 2 templar walking about cliffs and so | ||
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