Skip to content
Creepy.org@creepydotorg · Aug 1, 2024

Weird animals with genetic mutations: A thread 🧵 1. A baby crocodile with a unique tail mutation that makes it look…

30 tweets4 min read242Koriginal

Summary

A comprehensive collection of animals born with unusual genetic mutations and birth defects, including two-headed creatures, animals with altered body parts, and rare colorations like albino and melanistic variants from various species including sharks, reptiles, mammals, and insects.

Summarized by ThreadOut AI from the full thread. May miss nuance — read the thread below.

  1. #1

    Weird animals with genetic mutations: A thread 🧵 1. A baby crocodile with a unique tail mutation that makes it look like it has a mermaid's tail.

  2. #2

    2. A four-legged chicken.

  3. #3

    3. A two-headed tortoise.

  4. #4

    4. A dog born with a birth defect that leaves his torso shortened.

  5. #5

    5. A mutant baby goat with a human-like face.

  6. #6

    6. A moose with a mutation commonly known as sleight hooves.

  7. #7

    7. A two-headed shark.

  8. #8

    8. A two-headed calf.

  9. #9

    9. Deer with mutated antlers.

  10. #10

    10. A one-eyed baby albino shark.

  11. #11

    11. A two-headed hyphalosaurus found in a Cretaceous-aged cave in China.

  12. #12

    12. A melanistic West African slender-snout crocodile.

  13. #13

    13. A two-headed turtle.

  14. #14

    14. A house cat suffering from myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy, a rare condition that causes its muscles to grow excessively large.

  15. #15

    15. A two-headed Atlas beetle.

  16. #16

    16. A frog with a genetic mutation that caused its eyes to grow inside its mouth instead of on top of its head.

  17. #17

    17. A two-headed bearded dragon.

  18. #18

    18. A calf born with two heads and four eyes.

  19. #19

    19. A white moose.

  20. #20

    20. A two-headed bobtail lizard.

  21. #21

    21. Extremely rare blue lobster.

  22. #22

    22. An octopus with 96 tentacles found in Japan in 1998.

  23. #23

    23. A two-faced Asian carp.

  24. #24

    24. The two-headed corpse of a dolphin found on a beach in Izmir, Turkey.

  25. #25

    25. A cat with four ears.

  26. #26

    26. A scorpion with two metasomas (tails) and stingers.

  27. #27

    27. A two-headed albino snake.

  28. #28

    28. A mutant goat with an eerie-looking human face.

  29. #29

    29. A piglet with a mutation from the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

  30. #30

    30. A two headed cow.