Missouri farmer's male calf born with two heads

A southwest Missouri cattleman has been delivering calves at his farm for a long time, but a calf born this week sure was different.

This one had two heads.

Scott Clift said he delivered the chocolate-colored male calf Wednesday morning at his farm near Aldrich, in Polk County.

Clift said the calf had two fully-formed heads that appeared to be connected to its body just behind the skull.

Clift said late Thursday that the calf lived about a day and a half.

It was unable to walk, so Clift and his family bottle-fed the animal until it died at 6 p.m.

Clift said "We've never seen anything like it."

Few people have, said University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Eldon Cole.

Such births do happen - the condition is known as polycephaly - but Cole says "They're pretty darn rare."