Two-snouted, three-eyed piglet born in China
By Tom Chivers and Duncan Hooper
Last Updated: 2:00am GMT 23/01/2008
Hot in the (many) footsteps of the six-legged cow and the three-legged duck comes another animal you won't find on Old MacDonald's farm - the two-mouthed, three-eyed Chinese piglet.
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Born in Huimen village, Menla County, China, the piglet was unable to take milk from its mother, forcing farmer Yang Qiaofen to feed it using the mouths it had on either side of its head.
Cyclops the piglet, keeping an eye on the situation
As well as the extra mandibular equipment, the puzzling porcine was blessed with an extra eye in the middle of its forehead, earning it the nickname "Cyclops".
The seventh of seven in its litter, young Cyclops was the only abnormal birth.
While it is able to feed - "both mouths can drink at the same time," noted a surprised Yang, who is feeding it on powdered milk - it is unable to stand properly.
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Cyclops' mother was artificially inseminated, and local vets are nonplussed as to the origin of the genetic mutation.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=IRUCOQ3BYDPDHQFIQMFSFFWAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2008/01/21/wpiglet121.xmlBem, primeiro que nao se trata de uma mutaçao, mas provavelmente de um tipo escroto de gêmeos siameses.
Segundo que, sei lá, achei esse porquinho até bem bonitinho
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