A shocked sports teacher had seen the conjoined body of the dead creature as it was floating onto the shore in Izmir on Turkey’s west coast.

The lifeless beast was believed to be a baby, just 12 month’s old and measuring one meter in length.

Similar to conjoined twins the mammal had two heads but merged at the body and shared a tail.

The 39-year-old teacher, Mr. Metin, said: “I noticed the dolphin in the sea and watched as it washed on to the beach.

“I couldn’t take it in at first – I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me.

“I’ve never even heard about a dolphin like this let alone seen one with my own eyes. I was completely shocked.”

The stunned teacher called the police who took the dolphin away to a laboratory for further investigation.

Meanwhile, early reports stated the eyes of one of the dolphin heads were not properly opened and neither was one of the blow holes.

In addition, associate professor Mehmet Gokoglu from the marine-biology department at the Ak Deniz University said he welcomed the opportunity to study the strange dolphin.

“Such a dolphin is a very rare occurrence – similar to the occurrence of conjoined human twins,” added the professor.

Either this dolphin was just a regular, if rare, mutant or there’s something creepier in the water.