It all began innocently enough on a summer day.
We went for a bike ride....
Posted on 01/13/2010 9:22:27 AM PST by OldCorps
A sheep gave birth to a dead lamb with a human-like face. The calf was born in a village not far from the city of Izmir, Turkey.
Erhan Elibol, a vet, performed Cesarean section on the animal to take the calf out, but was horrified to see that the features of the calf’s snout bore a striking resemblance to a human face.
“I’ve seen mutations with cows and sheep before. I’ve seen a one-eyed calf, a two-headed calf, a five-legged calf. But when I saw this youngster I could not believe my eyes. His mother could not deliver him so I had to help the animal,” the 29-year-old veterinary said.
The lamb’s head had human features on – the eyes, the nose and the mouth – only the ears were those of a sheep.
Veterinaries said that the rare mutation most likely occurred as a result of improper mutation since the fodder for the lamb’s mother was abundant with vitamin A, CNNTurk.com reports.
A goat from Zimbabwe gave birth to a similar youngster in September 2009. The mutant baby born with a human-like head stayed alive for several hours until the frightened village residents killed him.
The governor of the province where the ugly goat was born said that the little goat was the fruit of unnatural relationship between the female goat and a man.
"This incident is very shocking. It is my first time to see such an evil thing. It is really embarrassing," he reportedly said. "The head belongs to a man while the body is that of a goat. This is evident that an adult human being was responsible. Evil powers caused this person to lose self control. We often hear cases of human beings who commit bestiality but this is the first time for such an act to produce a product with human features," he added.
The mutant creature was hairless. Local residents said that even dogs were afraid to approach the bizarre animal.
The locals burnt the body of the little goat, and biologists had no chance to study the rare mutation.
He’s got Obama’s chin and profile. Even white enough so Dingy Harry might endorse him for a political seat.
***Veterinaries said that the rare mutation most likely occurred as a result of improper mutation since the fodder for the lamb’s mother was abundant with vitamin A, ***
Yeah, yeah. We know about those excuses. Anyone suddenly leave town “on business”?
You owe me a new laptop!
A SHEEP produces a lamb.
A GOAT produces a kid.
A COW produces a CALF.
A HORSE produces a foal.
Someone get their facts straight here and give us a clue which species is being discussed, please.
Oh come on, ANOTHER John Edwards story?
***Don’t listent o a word he says, that sheep is a damned liar!”***
Reminds me of another joke...
An American walks into a Scottish pub, gets a drink and strikes up a conversation with a local drunk.
The Scottsman says..”See tht fence over there? I buit it, but do they call me Angus the fence mender? No0o.
And that barn, I buit it, but do they call me Angus the barn builder? No0o!
And that brick house there, I built it, but do they call em Angus the brick layer, No0o.
But you s***w one sheep...
They are HORRIBLE LIARS!
Probably not, but not due to the lack of trying.
TTIWWOP.............
"False hellebore poisoning may occur in 2 to 3 hours after an animal eats the plant. Sheep may show slight or marked signs of poisoning after eating 150 to 300 grams of green stems or leaves. If pregnant ewes eat false hellebore on the 14th day after breeding, the young may have congenital deformities of the head. These offspring, commonly called monkey-faced lambs, may have a protruding lower jaw, underdeveloped upper jaw, proboscis-like nose, cyclopia, hydrocephaly, and a variety of other deformities of the eyes. When ewes eat the plant between days 17-19, they give birth to lambs having tracheal stenosis. Ewes consuming veratrum between days 28-31 give birth to lambs having shortened metatarsal and metacarpal bones. Ewes carrying severely deformed fetuses may fail to lamb at the end of the normal gestation period. The fetus thus continues to grow to an abnormal size and eventually may kill the ewe unless the lamb is delivered by caesarian surgery. Sheep poisoned on veratrum can be successfully treated with epinephrine."
http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=9992
Sheep face?
Not impressed. We have pigmen!
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