Saturday, January 06, 2007
When the perfect becomes the enemy of the good
This calf was the product of artificial insemination in Rural Retreat,Va., which was supposed to create a genetically superior cow.
"The calf has two lower jaws, but only one mouth. The calf breathes out of two noses and has two tongues, which move independently... . There appears to be a single socket containing two eyes where the heads split. ... The calf has two lower jaws, but only one mouth."
Boy, that sounds comfortable.
"Bob James, a professor in the dairy science department at Virginia Tech, says that such births are unusual. James said the abnormality could be caused by a developmental problem or a genetic quirk.""The calf has two lower jaws, but only one mouth. The calf breathes out of two noses and has two tongues, which move independently... . There appears to be a single socket containing two eyes where the heads split. ... The calf has two lower jaws, but only one mouth."
Boy, that sounds comfortable.
Two-faced cows aren't born everyday? No, it couldn't have been a developmental problem or a genetic quirk. That would be crazy. And it would be even crazier that people are flocking to Rural Retreat to see the freak show. And it would be an outrage.
Posted by J.B. West
