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ditto that, didnt have a clue...then again I still dont know much about them, just another thing on the plate to learn! Now when is my partner getting back...he can lay the laws of a potlach down.....

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Growing up in the livestock industry, I use to hear of two headed cows and sheep born occasionally. They would never survive more than a few hours outside the womb. It's probably not caused by radar or radiation.

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THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL TO SEE, THINKS FOR THE LINK AND THE PIC

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Weird. Also quite possible the cow would have died in calving.

Romans 8:28

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that sucks. it would have been cool to see.

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wow!

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Just think, if it had lived and bred, it would have stared an Evolutionary chain of events and eventually all moose would be two headed !

Seriously, amzaing story and picture.

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Gives new meaning to the term "double header"
Neat picture, thanks!

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Wow.. I wonder how often that happens and nobody knows about it.

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For information on the taking of game for the purposes of potlatches, religeous purposes and so on, here is the copy of the regs:

5 AAC 92.019. TAKING OF BIG GAME FOR CERTAIN RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES.

(a) The hunting and taking of big game outside the seasons or bag limits established in 5 AAC 85 for use as food in customary and traditional Alaska Native funerary or mortuary religious ceremonies within 12 months preceding the ceremony is authorized if consistent with sustained yield principles.

(b) The department shall publicize a list of big game populations and areas, if any, for which the taking of a big game animal would be inconsistent with sustained yield
principles.

(c) A written permit from the department is not required for taking big game under this section.

(d) A person who takes big game under this section shall, as soon as practicable and not more than 20 days after the ceremony, submit or ensure submission of a written report to the nearest office of the department, specifying the person's name and address, the number and sex of big game animals taken, the dates and locations of the taking, and the identity of the decedent or decedents for whom the ceremony was or will be held.

(e) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for hunting or taking big game outside the season or bag limit restrictions established in 5 AAC 85 that

(1) the person is an Alaska resident;

(2) the hunting or taking was authorized under this section and the meat was used in a customary and traditional Alaska Native religious ceremony; and

(3) if the person took big game, the person complied with the requirements of (d) of this section.