Thursday, 2 August 2007

New Zealand. Lamb Born with 7 Legs.

Okay this is something I just found when surfing the internet. A poor lamb born in a country where the really love their sheep and I mean “love” being New Zealand. The poor thing I was referring to is it has 7 legs!
The first line of the story is interesting as it said “ it is likely to have to be destroyed, a vet says.”

And this is why.

The lamb has two extra legs that hang useless behind the forelegs and three hind legs, one with two hoofs. Okay that’s not so bad. It could be New Zealand’s next football star. It walks using its two forelegs and three hind legs.

The lamb is also hermaphrodite, meaning it has male and female sexual characteristics. Well, again not so bad in this day and age and if it seems a little confused about its sexuality, it can change easily without and operations.

Now the bad news.
Some of the animal's bowel was also missing so it has been unable to pass faeces and would have to be destroyed. So now it has to die! Not might be destroyed.

As we all probably know by now and a saying I am very familiar with being “you don’t shit you die”. I think it’s that simple, isn’t it?

The lamb had so far enjoyed six-days and was born last Friday on the farm of Dave and Di Callaghan.
Di has apparently asked Dave for a DNA test as hey want to check who the father is.

Hopefully the little fella is blessed with a miracle and somehow is cured and able to live a full and happy life on his New Zealand farm.

Brunty

3 comments:

Thamawat said...

Oh poor thing! Was this a result of genetic engineering or did it happen just by chance and nature?

Brunty said...

Hey Thamawat.

It happens in about 1 in every few million sheep. So not really all that common.

I have also read today that he/she has been put to sleep forever as of today. :(

Brunty

Issarat said...

yuk...