# Identical twin puppies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-twin-puppies/764702>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 1, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-twin-puppies/764702 "2016-09-01T20:48:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-twin-puppies/764702/1 "2016-09-01T20:48:19Z")

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Heard this story on the radio and found a news article.

Basically a Vet. was doing a C-section on an Irish Woflhound and found them to be identical twins and supposedly this is the first recorded, at least modern, instance of identical twins in a dog.

Lots of cute pics of the puppies in the article.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-twin-puppies/764702/2 "2016-09-01T21:55:15Z")

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So cute.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-twin-puppies/764702/3 "2016-09-02T00:31:50Z")

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“Today the twin dogs, called Cullen and Romulus”

Well, THAT’s unexpected. Opportunity wasted.

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**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-twin-puppies/764702/4 "2016-09-02T06:45:59Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> “Today the twin dogs, called Cullen and Romulus”
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> Well, THAT’s unexpected. Opportunity wasted.

Absolutely. Should have been Romulus and Vulcan.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-twin-puppies/764702/5 "2016-09-02T14:46:56Z")

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Romulus and Brad

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**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identical-twin-puppies/764702/6 "2016-09-02T20:58:12Z")

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Hennessy and Tennessy (McNamara’s Band)

Wofies are such great dogs. Wish they had a longer lifespan.