On a farm in the UK’s Morpeth, a lamb was born with an extra leg that protruded from its left side. The owners of Whitehouse Farm, where the rare lamb was born, have been flooded with visitors who are eager to see the newborn who is yet to be named.
Heather Horgarthy, the farm’s owner, told Chronicle Live, “You could see it (the extra leg) as soon as it was born. It’s on the front left side so it’s just another leg that comes out of the shoulder.”
Animals born with such deformities develop medical complications and have to undergo operations. Horgarthy, who last saw a five-legged lamb named Quinto almost 10 years ago, told media that the animal continued to live a long and healthy life after its extra leg was surgically removed. Hoping that this lamb lives a normal life as well, Horgarthy said, “We think as long as it is going to live a normal life, we will just keep it. We’re just keeping an eye on this one at the minute, so it might have to have the leg removed.”
She also added that five-legged lambs are extremely rare with only one in a million lambs being born like that.
Look at this one in-a-million five legged lamb who was born on 2/22/2022 on a Tuesday pic.twitter.com/tIbkpemOvn
— aaj337 (@aaj337) March 11, 2022
That five legged lamb – @ZoeTheBall @BBCRadio2 pic.twitter.com/520ysuIiiZ
— Clare Runacres (@ClareNews2) March 9, 2022
Shame Bella wasn’t like this lamb, @Dollyd74 😞
“Meet the rare one in a million five-legged lamb born on 22/2/22 😍” https://t.co/6w7mrLNn3H
— Michael John Holme (@akindofguru) March 11, 2022
📅 In a twist of fate, the lamb – who is yet to be given a name – was born in a set of triplets on February 22 – or 02/22/22 pic.twitter.com/FMdPmnjQXn
— The Chronicle (@ChronicleLive) March 10, 2022
If this were a human child, imagine the cruelty and abuse she would face, even tho she’s adorable. We need to learn to be more kind. Just sayin…… https://t.co/tl4nWMZUWP pic.twitter.com/5Loiz4GgMT
— rickey ex gold (@messagemasseuse) March 11, 2022
Man’s still got the training wheels on
— Awkward Ian (@Awkward_Ian) March 10, 2022
Dude came with extra parts like diy projects 😹
— Shes a Bitch Shes a Lover Shes a Child Shes Mother (@katzmeif_u_can) March 10, 2022
In January this year, a calf was born with three eyes in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon. The birth of a calf with three eyes prompted people to consider it as an incarnation of Lord Shiva, who is said to have “trinetra” or three eyes.
