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Nascent Drama

A pair of conjoined barn swallows, attached at the hip by skin and possibly muscle tissue, will be sent to the Smithsonian Institution for study and examination, Arkansas wildlife officials said Friday.
 
"I can't even say it's one in a million — it's probably more than that," said Karen Rowe, an ornithologist with the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission.
 
The birds, found by a landowner in White County earlier this week, fell out of a nest as a healthy sibling flew off to learn how to hunt with its parents, Rowe said.
 
The birds first appeared to have only three legs, but further examination found a fourth leg tucked up underneath the skin connecting the pair.
 
While conjoined twins have been documented in humans, other mammals and reptiles, finding conjoined birds is difficult, as they likely die before being discovered, Rowe said.
 
The typical bird can live for several years, though the conjoined twins might not have lived that long even if they had been successfully separated.
 
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