Monday, May 25, 2009
Calf Born With 7 Legs, 2 Spines
A seven-legged calf was born at a veterinary hospital in Steamboat Springs, Colo., on Thursday, according to the Steamboat Pilot & Today.
The staff at the Steamboat Veterinary Hospital said the Black Angus calf, which was delivered by cesarean section, had two spines but one head. One leg also had two hooves.
The calf lived for only about 10 minutes.
Veterinarian Lee Meyring says the birth was an incomplete splitting of the embryo into twins.
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animal husbandry,
animal oddities,
animals,
birth oddities,
cows,
embryo,
freaks
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