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Two-headed pig born in China

Photos show pig with 2 snouts, 2 ears and shared eye

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A rare, two-headed pig was born last week in a village in eastern China.

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A local vet told AFP the condition was cause by a rare deformity and the pig, born in Jiujiang, would not live very long.

But its owners have decided not to slaughter the animal right away, according to the Inquisitr.

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Photos show the pig with two snouts, two ears and what appears to be a shared eye.

The deformity may be the same condition, called "axial bifurcation," that researchers determined was the cause of the two-headed bull shark in a study published this March, according to NBC News.

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