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 calfs snout bore a striking resemblance to a human face.
Ive seen mutations with cows and sheep before. Ive 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 lambs 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 lambs 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.
Ewwwwe.
Friendly-lookin cuss, ain’t it? Boy, those John Edwards genes are potent!
Poor thing. But that does sound like the explanation.
At the theater I saw a guy with a horse face looking for person with flared nostrils and a short woman with a face like a frying pan. But no one with a sheep face.
Go to your room.
It is my first time to see such an evil thing. It is really embarrassing
Stupid Turks....not so embarrassing or evil considering what obscenely evil things Turks have been up to for the last 1000 years or so.
Is this even genetically possible? I know these boys won’t stop trying to find out...
There are sheeple. And they vote Democrat.
Ewe can’t be serious.
Mutton to see here, move along.
"Trust us!"
But don't run. Only foals rush in.
Has Barney Frank been to Turkey latest??? Inquiring minds want to know!
Sheep are one chromosome away from humans. It is not possible for man and sheep to mate successfully but I was reared in Val Verde County and knew of several attempts by sheep herders.
Holy sheep!
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