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How Many Heads and Beaks Does This Mutant Bird Found in Mass. Have?

Massachusetts Woman Spots Deformed Baby Cardinal With Two Heads and Three Beaks

"Beaker" (Photo: April Britt via the Daily Hampshire Gazette)

With spring well underway, baby animals are cropping up left and right. One of the more common ones to spot are baby birds, but this one seen by a Massachusetts woman was far from normal.

The chick April Britt saw in her Northhampton backyard, according to CBS Local, had two heads and three beaks. Britt states she had seen adult cardinals in the area before, suggesting the chicks are of that species. While many birds would abandon a deformed chick such as this, Britt says she frequently saw adults coming back to feed it.

“I thought it was pretty rare. I’ve definitely never seen anything like it. I’ve seen a two-headed snake and I’ve seen a frog in a pond with three legs, but I’ve never seen a deformed bird like this before,” Britt told WBZ NewsRadio 1030.

CBS reports experts saying it is unlikely the bird will make it well into adulthood. Tom Lautzenheiser with the Massachusetts Audubon Society believes it is unusual that the bird has even lived long enough to be able to move around on its own, according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette.

The Gazette reports as of Tuesday the bird and its parents were no longer at their previous location. Britt said if they had been around longer, she would have named the chick “Beaker.”

Comments (46)

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  • ehayes2006
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:14pm

    This is nothing more than concrete evidence of the fallout from FUKUSHIMA, which has more heavily affected the northern US.

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    • Juniemoon
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:09pm

      If those birds start eating each other, I‘ll know Fukushima’s nuclear floating debris in the air, in the clouds is the reason for all the cannibalism.

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  • huey6367
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:30pm

    Came from three mile island. Now lives in Mass. Let’s call it Chernobyl Chick.

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  • dj109
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:12pm

    Any nuclear facilities nearby? lol

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:15pm

      Yeah, actually there is. There is one just over the border in Seabrook, New Hampshire, about 150 NE on the shore.

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  • Cosmos102
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:03pm

    The egg musta been a Double Yolk.

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  • Mainer forever
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:00pm

    Awwww. Poor little bird. So cute and messed up.

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  • kindling
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:57pm

    Usually the parents will abandon a baby like this because they can’t afford to spend the energy to feed a baby that will not be able to grow up and survive. I am surprised it was fed at all. Maybe it was a first time parent.

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    • Your Name Here
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:03pm

      It‘s a parallel to Obama’s life.
      His mommy went slummin’ and get knocked up by a freak and little Barry popped out.
      What should not have survived managed to hold on to life and later vowed to destroy the universe because any God that would allow all that cruelty to happen to him needs to be replaced by Barry so he can right all the wrongs. (unless you’re white.)

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  • pap pap
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:48pm

    That’s what you get when you hatch a scrambled egg.

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  • Zeb
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:44pm

    Wait tell the sibling rivalry starts, it will be like bath salts in Miami.

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  • Kitkarr
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:29pm

    Wonder if Dems will figure out a way to register this bird to vote…twice, or even three times?

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  • GENEPAGLIARI
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:12pm

    The result(s) of OBROMNEYCARE.

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  • felix
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:05pm

    another liberal in mass.

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  • Blazebanned
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:03pm

    Hmmm, reminds me of the welfare trash in this country……..

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:59pm

    Bwany Fwank is two-faced and has arms that can pat his back constantly and HE is from Mass. too.

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:56pm

    Just….leave it alone. Nature will take care of itself.

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    • countryfirst
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:20pm

      If you say that flying into a windmill is nature’s way of taking care of it, then fine. I bet millions a birds appreciate the go green agenda.

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:51pm

    Come on, it happens in people.. why not animals! Normally parents in the animal kingdom reject such anomalies.. but this Mama bird decided she would care for this one! But I agree.. it probably won’t live long! Poor thing!

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:47pm

    ‘……………..the better to peck you with…..’

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  • Eric_The_Red_State
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:46pm

    Blame it on BUSH

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  • AmazingGrace8
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:45pm

    Poor little bird but I have to joke alittle….one bird-brain would want to fly north for the winter and the other bird-brain would want to fly south for the winter.
    Wait, this will be told to us this was caused by global warming.
    I put Fox on mute because our leader is speaking now regarding “a bird-in-a-bush“ is in ”his house” and he can’t wait for this ceremony to get over so he can get back to messing with OUR country. Thought I would never say this,I agree with the poster that showed Pres Bush waving and the caption “Miss Me Yet”. There is laughter and clapping as Pres. Bush is speaking….gosh it feels good to see a leader laugh & smiling and enjoying life. The greatest First Lady ever is what Pres.Bush is saying and now Laura Bush will speak. This is a treat to see them both looking happy & in good health. Pres.Bush was not one of my favorite Pres. but do wish him well and all of his family.

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  • Gary_K
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:39pm

    Whats the big deal? That chick has fewer faces than Barry Soetoro.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:38pm

    So what is so odd about this – there have been stories galore of two headed aniamils across th board over the decades.

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  • hi
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:34pm

    This disproves macro evolution . Mutations cause deformity,disease , and sterility.

    hi  
    • Angstrum
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 6:19pm

      except for big noses.

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    • BigAl78
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:47pm

      No, you do not understand genetics or evolution. Most mutations are bad or have little to no effect, that is true. Evolution proceeds via the rare mutation that is beneficial. This particular bird just happens to be an example of a dramatically bad mutation. This disproves nothing.

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    • Pontiac
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 2:02pm

      Stop trying so hard to defend a bronze age mythology.
      All mutations, good or bad, prove evolution is tangible.
      If not then bad mutations only prove god is cruel and not worthy of worship.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:31pm

    Birds… or little Dinosaurs… mutate at enhanced rates… according to Science!

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    • LIBSALWAYSLIE
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:40pm

      This bird fits right with all the liberal bird brains in super liberal Northampton Ma.

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  • Patrick Henry II
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:30pm

    The three headed eagle originated in MA I believe.

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  • ALL4FREEDOM
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:29pm

    A bird with two heads and three beaks. Sounds like the result of a bill being reported out of committee in the Massachusetts legislature.

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:24pm

    They named it Debbie Wasswerman Schultz .

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    • rickc34
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:29pm

      Except the bird is cuter. Debbie looks like male vampire dressed in drag.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:30pm

      Don’t insult the poor baby bird! What did the poor creature do to deserve something like that?

      The little bird is adorable. :)

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    • JACKTHETOAD
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:27pm

      Aargh! You might have as well whacked it with a croquet mallet before you posted that one. :)

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