A sea turtle patrol team made a rare discovery while taking inventory of a nest at a beach in South Carolina last Wednesday.
Members of the patrol team dug down to determine the success of a nest by counting hatched and unhatched eggs at Edisto Beach State Park and found a two-headed hatchling.
The two-headed turtle is the result of a genetic mutation, according to S.C. State Parks.
Other two-headed hatchlings have been found in the state in past years, but this was a first for the patrol team at Edisto Beach State Park.
The turtle was released into the ocean, along with two other hatchlings.
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