Soviet Scientists Made This Two-Headed Dog
Soviet Scientists Made This Two-Headed Dog Image Of The Soviet Scientist And His Two-Headed Dog You’re looking at the horror film-esque result of an early transplant procedure by Soviet scientist Vladimir Demikhov. It’s more like a one-and-a-half dog. Demikhov grafted the head and forelegs of a smaller dog, Shavka onto a bigger dog, Brodyaga. The above photograph, which depicts a (briefly) living two-headed dog, is real. You're looking at the horror film-esque result of an early transplant procedure by Soviet scientist Vladimir Demikhov, and it's really more like a one-and-a-half dog—Demikhov successfully grafted the head and forelegs of a smaller dog, Shavka onto a bigger dog, Brodyaga. Both initially survived the procedure. Both could see and move around independently. Both died four days later. Demikhov attempted the experiment, with different subjects, over 24 times. In 1959, Soviet scientist Vladimir Demikhov actually managed to create a two-headed dog. After 23 tries that...