Lamb Born in Russia With Human Face

1 Apr

Mother Nature Network posted a blog about a lamb born in Russia with a human face, and I have to admit that I first thought it was an April Fools' Day joke. But after watching the video above, it seems legit.

MNN reports:

"The lamb does look disturbingly like a cranky grandpa. Its eyes and mouth are eerily human, with a large nose that gives it a cartoonish angry expression. The cause of the animal's deformities are not due to an aberrant farmer getting a little too cozy with one of his ewes, as some jokesters may suggest. Rather, they are likely the cause of a Vitamin A overdose, at least according to local veterinarian Dorofei Gavrilov, who is also from the village of Chirka in southwestern Russia?where the lamb was born."

Often, animals born with deformities don't survive, but in this case, the little lamb doesn't seem to be negatively affected by its unique face and with human care, should have a normal life.

Read more about this bizarre lamb and its fate here.

Here's another example of a animal with a bizarre-looking deformity.

View the original article here