The dolphin is one of the most loved and admired species, as it is an extremely cute and clever animal that is friendly to humans.

And while most people react with excitement at the sight of a dolphin, this was certainly not the case when a Turkish sports teacher found a dead dolphin on a beach in Izmir, Turkey.

39-year-old Tugrul Metin was terrified at the sight of the animal and not without good reason, as the dolphin which had washed up on the Turkish beach… had two heads.

Initially he believed that his eyes were playing tricks on him. “I’ve never even heard about a dolphin like this let alone seen one with my own eyes – I was completely shocked,” he said.

The stunned teacher called the police who came and removed the dolphin to a laboratory.

According to reports, one of the dolphin’s heads was not fully developed: the eyes were not properly opened, neither was one of the blow holes.

Professor Mehmet Gokoglu from the marine-biology department at the Ak Deniz University said he couldn’t wait to study the strange dolphin: “Such a dolphin is a very rare occurrence – similar to the occurrence of conjoined human twins,” he explained.