A two-headed pig had its bacon saved this week when its owners decided to care for the newborn instead of sending it to the slaughterhouse as planned.
The piglet, which has two snouts, two ears and a shared eye, was born on Wednesday in the Chinese village of Jiujiang in Jiangxi province.
It was supposed to be sent for slaughter, but the owners said they wanted to care for it instead.
Sadly, a local vet said the rare deformity meant the animal would find it difficult to survive.
The piglet’s condition is known as polycephaly, or axial bifurcation. A rare two-headed bull shark was found with the same condition last month.
It is the result of when an embryo begins to split into twins but the process then stops in its early stages.
