Seven-legged lamb born
Leg, leg, leg, leg, leg, leg, leg - yes, you have seven legs
It might sound like a normal lamb, but an animal born at a farm in New Zealand has stunned vets as it has seven legs.
The creature was born on the farm of Dave and Di Callaghan last Friday and has three hind legs, one of which has two hooves, and four front legs.
But the lamb is to be put down as its insides have not developed properly.
The lamb, one of a twin, was walking round with its mother on Friday when its unusual features were spotted.
'I didn't think there was anything wrong until I went back later in the day and saw it struggling to get up,' Mr Callaghan told the Ashburton Guardian.
It was taken to a vets in Canterbury where veterinarian Steve Williams believed it had been a 'misprint in embryo formation' which led to it being born a polydactyl - a condition which occurs once in several million sheep.
But he added: 'To keep it alive is probably inhumane really.'
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