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Two Headed Turtle Grabs Spotlight

Aired June 03, 2003 - 05:54   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: While the talk this week has been dominated by the capture of Eric Robert Rudolph and President Bush's overseas trip, there is one other story we just couldn't pass up -- the spooky two headed turtle story.
Nobody can bring it to you like Jeanne Moos.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): You can't blame a turtle for letting fame go to his heads, both of them.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One head sleeps and the other is awake quite often. See, now both heads are looking in different directions right now.

MOOS: The first problem is what do you call it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's going to get big very quickly.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They. He. They.

MOOS: Known collectively as Lefty-Righty, discovered by young Gabrielle Pascarel (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Right here.

MOOS: In the pond down behind the family's house outside Albany, New York.

(on camera): Are you left-handed or right-handed?

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: I'm right-handed.

MOOS: So do you think he's left-handed or right-handed?

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Right-handed.

MOOS (voice-over): When it's time to decide what direction to take...

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Mostly Righty wins.

MOOS: Now, Lefty's winning.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: No.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, Righty's got him now. That's it. Let's go, Righty. He's pulling.

MOOS (voice-over): Talk about being headstrong.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They'll fight over food. It's amazing.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Like Righty right now is trying to take a bite of this. Oops, Lefty just got it.

MOOS: The two headed turtle is just the family's latest oddball pet. There's Taste Bud the dog, with an ultra long tongue and Melly (ph), the one-eyed horse. She lost it to a branch.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She loves it to be scratched because she can't scratch in there.

MOOS: But two heads make for headlines. Even "The David Letterman Show" called. The turtle needs an agent.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: I'm Righty's agent.

MOOS (on camera): And you're Lefty's?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm Lefty's.

MOOS (voice-over): The Pascarels say a guy who runs a circus sideshow featuring two-headed animals offered them $50,000 for Lefty- Righty, an offer they refused. Sure, there are two-headed calves, two-headed pigs, two-headed cats and two-headed snakes, like this one named Medusa. Though two-headed turtles are rare, they are not unheard of and tend not to live long.

(on camera): I feel inadequate with only one head.

(voice-over): Reptile experts say they may be twins gone wrong or the result of cell division problems brought on by drastic temperature changes. A vet says Lefty-Righty appears healthy, sharing its other organs.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: One head will go this way, the other head will go that way.

MOOS: So they end up getting stuck in fake plants in their aquarium. Finally, Righty pulled in his head. And when Righty yawned, so did Lefty. Two heads can be just as bored as one.

Jeanne Moos, CNN, Postenkill, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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Aired June 3, 2003 - 05:54   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: While the talk this week has been dominated by the capture of Eric Robert Rudolph and President Bush's overseas trip, there is one other story we just couldn't pass up -- the spooky two headed turtle story.
Nobody can bring it to you like Jeanne Moos.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): You can't blame a turtle for letting fame go to his heads, both of them.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One head sleeps and the other is awake quite often. See, now both heads are looking in different directions right now.

MOOS: The first problem is what do you call it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's going to get big very quickly.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They. He. They.

MOOS: Known collectively as Lefty-Righty, discovered by young Gabrielle Pascarel (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Right here.

MOOS: In the pond down behind the family's house outside Albany, New York.

(on camera): Are you left-handed or right-handed?

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: I'm right-handed.

MOOS: So do you think he's left-handed or right-handed?

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Right-handed.

MOOS (voice-over): When it's time to decide what direction to take...

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Mostly Righty wins.

MOOS: Now, Lefty's winning.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: No.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, Righty's got him now. That's it. Let's go, Righty. He's pulling.

MOOS (voice-over): Talk about being headstrong.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They'll fight over food. It's amazing.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Like Righty right now is trying to take a bite of this. Oops, Lefty just got it.

MOOS: The two headed turtle is just the family's latest oddball pet. There's Taste Bud the dog, with an ultra long tongue and Melly (ph), the one-eyed horse. She lost it to a branch.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She loves it to be scratched because she can't scratch in there.

MOOS: But two heads make for headlines. Even "The David Letterman Show" called. The turtle needs an agent.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: I'm Righty's agent.

MOOS (on camera): And you're Lefty's?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm Lefty's.

MOOS (voice-over): The Pascarels say a guy who runs a circus sideshow featuring two-headed animals offered them $50,000 for Lefty- Righty, an offer they refused. Sure, there are two-headed calves, two-headed pigs, two-headed cats and two-headed snakes, like this one named Medusa. Though two-headed turtles are rare, they are not unheard of and tend not to live long.

(on camera): I feel inadequate with only one head.

(voice-over): Reptile experts say they may be twins gone wrong or the result of cell division problems brought on by drastic temperature changes. A vet says Lefty-Righty appears healthy, sharing its other organs.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: One head will go this way, the other head will go that way.

MOOS: So they end up getting stuck in fake plants in their aquarium. Finally, Righty pulled in his head. And when Righty yawned, so did Lefty. Two heads can be just as bored as one.

Jeanne Moos, CNN, Postenkill, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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