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The double-headed pig

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Behold the creature that has finally knocked the maggot from its perch as My Most Unusual Commission Ever!

The commissioner and her niece saw a pig with two faces on a show called Animal Oddities and thought it was very cute. So she asked me to make a soft toy of it.

The real pig would have come about through a malfunction in the signalling systems that tell body parts where to grow, and how many there should be, when an animal is developing. Clearly it got the idea it should have two heads, but they didn't separate all the way.

I don't know what life is like for a real pig with two faces, but mine comes from a parallel world where lots of animals have multiple heads, so he gets on just fine and is perfectly happy. That's my story, anyway. :)


I'm pleased with the simple design I used for his body ("inspired" by that of a toy pig I already had). I might try to make some other animals using that pattern now.
Image size
901x1224px 193.34 KB
Make
WWL
Model
Polaroid PDC 3150
Shutter Speed
1/307 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
70
Date Taken
Jul 27, 2006, 3:46:37 PM
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crokittycats's avatar
That is really awesome! I've always been a sideshow fan anyway, but was always disappointed with the sideshows that were in our local fairs. They were just photos or goofy things like the "pouring waterspout in mid air" trick. Too cute! or is that...TWO cute!?