Strange News: "9-year-old girl's twin is found inside her stomach"...?

Question

(The Associated Press)

ATHENS, Greece - A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday.

Andreas Markou, head of the hospital's pediatric department, said the embryo was a formed fetus with a head, hair and eyes, but no brain or umbilical cord.

Markou said cases where one of a set of twins absorbs the other in the womb occurs in one of 500,000 live births.

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Freaky, no??!!

It's been years since I'd heard of this phenomena & I find it really eerie!!! Imagine, poor girl!!!

Answer 1

Not as strange as you seem to think. Anytime an egg splits during pregnancy, this could happen. Thankfully, it doesn't happen very often.

Answer 2

it happens all over the world

in india there was this girl with two heads and bith are fully functional

also in india there is this little boy with a tail