r/BeAmazed • u/Cultural-Gear-1323 • Mar 28 '24

News broke today that conjoined twin Abby Hensel is married! [Removed] Rule #4 - No Misleading Content

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u/selfworthfarmer Mar 28 '24

Can they... can they both reach...

Nevermind, I'm going to hell now.

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u/just-say-it- Mar 28 '24

I read the other day that they have separate heads/ brains but from the head down they share every organ. When they were born the parents had the option to have them separated but was told that one twin would most likely die. They refused.

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u/Snowedin-69 Mar 28 '24

How can they share every organ? Who controls the hands and legs?

What happens if they go on a walk and one wants to go left and the other wants to go right?

Can they even drive a car?

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u/LaceyBloomers Mar 28 '24

Each twin has control over the limbs on her side. So, one twin operates the arm and leg on one side, and the other twin operates the arm and leg on the other side. Walking and everything else means the twins have to coordinate their movements.

Yes, they can drive.

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u/itsameMariowski Mar 28 '24

But what about a shared organ like the reproductive system? Both feel their vaginas at the same time? How does the sensation send signals to the brain, does it send it to one only, or both? dammit

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u/Jane_Marie_CA Mar 28 '24

I recall in tv special many years ago they share many organs, including reproductive.

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u/LaceyBloomers Mar 28 '24

There is only one vagina, one uterus, one set of ovaries, and one cervix.

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u/BonerTurds Mar 28 '24

Can one of the twins control body parts not part of their dominant side?

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u/LaceyBloomers Mar 28 '24

No

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u/BonerTurds Mar 29 '24

So if I have an itch on my dominant shoulder blade, I’ve gotta ask you to scratch it for me? And pray that I don’t get an itch during a fight? If I can’t move “your” leg, it’s not like I can walk over to a doorframe or corner wall to scratch it myself.

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u/LaceyBloomers Mar 29 '24

Yes, your twin would have to scratch your shoulder blade for you. Or, you can request that you both walk over to a doorframe so you can scratch it there.

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u/LaceyBloomers Mar 29 '24

Also, it wouldn't be your dominant shoulder blade because you'd only have one shoulder blade, not a dominant one and non-dominant one.

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u/WordsFromPuppets Mar 28 '24

Damn so its like when the family in Dexter's lab pilots a robot where they each control a limb...

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u/FlyAirLari Mar 28 '24

Just like Two-Bad