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Conjoined twins: One-day-old girls connected by the abdomen are successfully separated in China 

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One-day-old twin sisters conjoined by the stomach and sharing an umbilical cord are successfully separated in China The tiny siblings in China’s Xinjiang underwent a two-hour operation on Friday  They had been born sharing the breastbone, abdomen wall and umbilical cord 13 medical workers teamed up to perform the procedure, which was a success The babies … Read more

Mother giraffe tries in vain to defend its one-day-old calf from a lioness

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Mother giraffe tries in vain to defend its one-day-old calf from a lioness… but cannot stop the ruthless predator feasting on its newborn Photos were taken in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Park by IT worker Srikanth Santhinathan, 29, from India They show the mother’s desperate attempt to ward off the threat by kicking her legs out at … Read more