Parasitic Twin: Unequal Conjoined Twins

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Incidentally a parasitic twin is the smaller and less completely developed member of a pair of unequal conjoined twins, often consisting of an amorphous mass of tissue attached to or within the larger twin. One of the cutest but saddest situation of this is , Len and Ernie, Two boys, one head, Ernie born with a parasitic twin, he named him Len. In his early career they were best friends and Ernie became very attached to his twin Len. Later in life they had Len removed and Ernie became very depressed of the lost of his brother (Pednaud, 2014, sect. 4). The author says it is believed that at Ernie 's young age he was as smart as a nineteen year old. Sometimes fame can cause a huge ego and it gets to their head like, Perumal Sami, The other Happy