::: Vladimir Demikhov y su multiperro :::

In 1954 Vladimir Demikhov shocked the world by unveiling a surgically created monstrosity: A two-headed dog. He created the creature in a lab on the outskirts of Moscow by grafting the head, shoulders, and front legs of a puppy onto the neck of a mature German shepherd.

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The two-headed dog, no freak of nature, was the latest product of Surgeon Vladimir Petrovich Demikhov, chief of the organ-transplanting laboratory of the Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences. Dr. Demikhov, says Blok, started in a small way by replacing the hearts of dogs with artificial blood pumps. Next, he planted a second heart in a dog's chest, removing part of a lung to make room for it. The extra heart continued its own rhythm, beating independently of the original heart.

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Aquí un buen ejemplo de porqué la ciencia es siempre más útil que el arte:
Mientras que el arte deja que el perro se muera de hambre para cuestionar no sé el qué (mire aquí), la ciencia busca un método para que uno de los perros no tenga que hacer el esfuerzo de andar. ¡Viva la ciencia!