The Visual Guide to
Porcine Reproduction
Teratology: Fetal Monster
Conjoined Twins.
Conjoined twins attached at the chest. There was a single umbilical cord in this instance. The fetuses were unequal in size.
Evans LE (2009)
Thoracopagus Opened Up.
While joined at the chest, each piglet had its own liver and set of lungs.
Larsen RE (1979)
MonocephalicThoracopagus.
Incomplete twin piglets joined at the upper thorax and with a single head.
Smith MC (2013)
MonocephalicThoracopagus.
Incomplete twin piglets joined at the upper thorax and neck and with a single head.
Smith MC (2013)
MonocephalicThoracopagus.
Collapsed hydrocephalic skull of a set of incomplete piglet twins with two bodies and a single head.
Smith MC (2013)
Two-headed Pig Fetus.
Bicephalic monster. The two heads are partially fused. Ventral view showing two chins.
Shipley C (2006)
Two-headed Pig Fetus.
Bicephalic monster. The two heads are partially fused. Ventral view showing two chins and two snouts.
Shipley C (2006)
Two-headed Pig Fetus.
Bicephalic monster. The two heads are partially fused. Dorsal view showing two snouts.
Shipley C (2006)