The study was recently published in the scientific journal “American Midland Naturalist” and is being regarded by researchers as an emblematic case among wildlife.
Conjoined twins are seldom discovered in the womb, and most do not survive birth. In fact, scientists still don’t know exactly what causes this phenomenon.
“Even in humans, we don’t know,” D’Angelo explained. “We believe it is a natural division of cells during early embryo development.”
“It’s incredible and incredibly elegant,” said Gino D’Angelo, a scientist at the University of Georgia, in a statement. “We can’t even estimate the rarity of this. Out of the tens of millions of births occurring annually in the US, there are significant anomalies happening in the world that we don’t even know about.”
Wild Images In Motion Taxidermy positioned the conjoined fawns in a field of vegetation; however, they will eventually be relocated to the Minnesota DNR headquarters in St. Paul and put on public display.
“We all thought it was pretty cool, and we were glad to have the opportunity to share it with the public,” Corricelli said.
“The taxi drivers, Robert Utne and Jessica Brooks, handled the mount exceptionally well and treated it with great respect.”
