Co-joined or 'Siamese' twins
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Co-joined or 'Siamese' twins

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Co-joined or 'Siamese' twins
and a promotional oil on canvas

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LS: An extraordinary living phenomenon: Italian "Siamese twins". This is pair of twins who easily surpasse the most famous Siamese twins. The two upper bodies merge into one common lower body at the sixth rib, so that the two brothers have only one pair of feet. According to doctors' reports, the two boys have separate stomachs, and their vital functions operate separately as well - one sleeps while the other is awake, one laughs while the other is weeping, the right foot follows the right brother's will, the left one that of the left twin. Both children have sensation, see, hear, have reasoning abilities, speak, and eat separately. Both are healthy, jolly and have lively conversations with each other. They are from Piedmont, and currently three years and three months old. They speak with typical Italian vivacity and gesticulate in a very lively fashion. Of course, they have to hold their heads at a very oblique angel. Each of the twins has his own pair of lungs and his own heart.

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