Digitally altered image is shared as that of a two-bodied cow with single head - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 20, 2022
A social media post with an image of a cow with a single head and two bodies, is being widely shared. Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: Image of a two-bodied cow with single head.
Fact: The image of the cow in the post is photoshopped; a single cow’s body is flipped to make it look like two. It is possible that cows are sometimes born with two heads, which is a condition known as Poycephely. But there are no reported incidents of a cow born with two bodies and one head. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
We performed a reverse image search on the post’s image but did not find any relevant information about such a cow. There are also no news reports on the web about a cow that was born with two bodies and one head. Upon inspecting the image in the viral post, we found a few hints that giveaway that it is digitally created or altered. You can see these observations in the below graphic.
It is possible that animals are sometimes born with multiple heads. This condition is known as Polycephaly. According to The Guardian, ‘The condition of having more than one head is known as polycephaly and happens in much the same way that conjoined twins are formed: an embryo that has begun to split into identical twins stops before fully dividing.’ News reports about calves born with two heads can be read here and here.
To sum up, a digitally altered image is shared as that of a two-bodied cow with single head.