(CNN) Park volunteers patrolling a beach in South Carolina on Wednesday stumbled upon an unexpected surprise: a two-headed baby sea turtle. A group of patrollers and volunteers at Edisto Beach State Park were making a routine inventory to check on sea turtle nests when they stumbled across the special hatchling, South Carolina State Parks said on Facebook. The two-headed loggerhead sea turtle was one of three live babies found in a nest. "This two-headed hatchling is the result of a genetic mutation," South Carolina State Parks said . "Other two-headed hatchlings have been found in South Carolina in past years, but this is a first for the patrol team at Edisto Beach State Park."

Source: CNN July 31, 2021 10:41 UTC