Check Out the Two-headed Turtle!

I've been so wrapped up in Hurricane Rita this past week and a half that I haven't had the opportunity to amuse myself with the other oddities and pleasures in life.

But check this out...

A policeman found a a two-headed turtle near a river in Cuba. The tiny turtle is about a week old and was found near one of the country's most contaminated rivers.

Had it not been noticed in a pile of leaves by Officer Alexander Napoles the turtle may have died, but now it has been taken to a local aquarium. Although Alexis Fernandez, a biologist from the National Aquarium of Cuba, said: "It is an animal that is at a disadvantage or that has certain anomalies.", the little fellow appears to be healthy and experts are keeping a close watch on it.

Fernandez further stated, "The probability of its survival will be very limited in the natural world or in captivity."

Photo courtesy of bbc.co.uk.