Two heads - one body

[mantra]

Abigail Loraine Hensel and Brittany Lee Hensel (born March 7, 1990) are dicephalic parapagus twins, meaning that they are conjoined twins, each of whom has a separate head, but whose bodies are joined. They are highly symmetric, giving the appearance of having just a single body with little variation from normal proportion. In fact, several vital organs are doubled up; each twin has a separate heart, stomach, spine, and spinal cord.

Each twin controls her half of their body, operating one of the arms and one of the legs. This means that as infants, the initial learning of physical processes that required bodily coordination, such as clapping, crawling, and walking required the cooperation of both children. While each is able to eat and write separately and simultaneously, activities such as running and swimming must be coordinated and alternate symmetrically. Other activities as diverse as brushing hair and driving a car require that each twin perform a sequence of separate actions that coordinate with the other.

These girls have their own show now on pay TV. For me it's too difficult to watch, but you have to admire the will power of the twins in allowing themselves to be on display. In Australia they probably would have been left to die shortly after birth. There has never been any media involving conjoined twins here that I'm aware of, but the US embraces difference.

[AiA in Atlanta]

I think I may have seen a moment or two of this show about these girls or this girl or two heads or whatever they call themselves. Am sure everyone watches the show to see how they handle sex ...

[IQS.RLOW]

I'll just leave this here...

[AiA in Atlanta]

Hmmm... not sure I'd want to be a part of anything with 2 heads.