A two-headed turtle has been born in Khatam, a city in Iran�s central Yazd Province, The Tehran Times reported.

The head of�the local environmental protection department, Saber Afhami, told the newspaper that the newborn turtle was in�good health, the newspaper wrote.

The rare turtle arrived into�this world in�the company of�another, less odd-looking single-headed, one. Saber Afhami held out�hope that scientists would look into�the cause of�this unusual phenomenon.

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