by Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor | December 10, 2014 06:57am ET
A two-headed Near Eastern fire salamander tadpole born from a wild mother in a laboratory in Israel. The cause of this defect remains a mystery.
Credit: Prof. Shai Levy, University of Haifa
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Just call them "Arne" and "Sebastian." Those are the monikers given to the two separate heads of one baby salamander that was born last week in a lab in Israel.
Two heads are likely not better than one for the Near Eastern fire salamander (Salamandra infraimmaculata), which was born, alive, in a laboratory at the University of Haifa in Israel. Researchers aren't sure why the salamander tadpole has two noggins, but say random mutations or environmental pollution could be culprits.
"I could speculate, but it would be pure speculation," Leon Blaustein, an ecologist whose lab discovered the salamander, told Live Science.
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