Posted on 03/29/2012 4:49:48 PM PDT by blueyon
A six-legged calf has defied the odds by thriving despite a vet's prediction at birth that it would not survive.
Seven-week-old Lilli is a minor celebrity in her native Switzerland after local media were splashed with images of the calf frolicking in a sunny field.
Farmer Andreas Knutti from Weissenburg, 19 miles south of the capital, Bern, says he couldn't bring himself to euthanise the animal because she was "so full of life".
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Could this be a sign of bovine evolution?/s
It looks to me like the legs belong to a parasitic twin. I’d be interested to see xrays and see just how developed that twin is.
More legs more meat.
He’s not heavy, he’s my brother.
Seems like there are some holes in this story.
And wait a minute... six legs... that means there are *seven* calves...
Give the cow cosmetic surgery, eat the useless hanging legs for dinner and the cow can live a normal life!!!
Six-legged calf Lilli has become a minor celebrity in her native Switzerland.
Photograph: Peter Schneider/EPA
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