A cattle saleyard in Mareeba, North Queensland, hosted an unusual sight on Tuesday when a livestock agent arrived to hawk a two-faced cow. Its second face, mounted on top of its first, had one eye, a single tooth and functional nostrils, according to the saleyard. It was in ‘great condition’.
‘Mate, he’s as fat as a fool!’ said Elders selling agent Mark Peters, who witnessed the animal’s purchase yesterday.
Mr Peters said: ‘It was an absolute prime condition animal, he just had two faces’. Unsurprisingly, the two-faced animal attracted curious glances at the saleyards. ‘It received a fair amount of attention,’ said Queensland Rural livestock agent Jack ‘Jacko’ Shephard, who sold the bullock.
This 970 pound two-faced bullock ended up selling for $537. This goes to show that outward appearances don’t matter as much as what’s on the inside. That’s a lot of burgers from a cow with a rare abnormality. ‘I’ll take my rare cow rare please’!