美洲鑽紋水龜
BARNSTABLE, Mass. — A rare two-headed diamondback terrapin turtle is alive and kicking — with all six of its legs — at the Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts after hatching two weeks ago.
馬薩諸塞州 . 巴恩斯泰布林——兩週前一隻罕見的雙頭鑽形斑紋水龜（這種龜主要存活於北美洲溫帶地區的河流、湖泊中）孵化出世後，在馬薩諸塞州伯德西角野生動物中心繼續存活，爬行時卻只有六隻腳。
A threatened species in the state, this turtle is feeding well on blood worms and food pellets, staff at the center say. The two heads operate independently, coming up for air at different times, and inside its shell are two gastrointestinal systems to feed both sides of its body.
該野生動物中心的工作人員說，這種龜是該州的一種頻臨滅絕的物種，它主要以血蠕蟲和食物殘渣為食，兩個腦袋獨立運作，在不同的時間進行換氣，殼內有兩個獨立的腸胃系統，供養身體的兩側。
The turtle originally came from a nest in West Barnstable that reseachers detemined was in a hazardous location and needed to be moved. After hatching, turtles in these so-called "head start" nests are sent to different care centers to be monitored before their release in the spring, The Cape Cod Times reported.
據 The Cape Cod Times 報道，這隻水龜最早被發現在巴恩斯特布林西部的一個巢穴，由於水龜巢穴處於危險地帶，研究人員需要緊急轉移，孵化後的雙頭水龜，在來年春季被放生之前，將會被送到那些所謂“領先”護理中心接受監測。
Center veterinarian Pria Patel and other staff will continue to monitor the turtle in the coming weeks. They're hoping to perform a CT scan to learn more about its circulatory syste.
在未來幾周內，該野生動物中心獸醫 Pria Patel 和其他工作人員將繼續監測雙頭水龜， 他們希望對小水龜進行 一次CT 掃描，來了解更多有關其迴圈系統的資訊。
