Sheep gives birth to human-faced lamb (disturbing image content)

[AZRedhawk44]

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 calf’s snout bore a striking resemblance to a human face.
   
   

“I’ve seen mutations with cows and sheep before. I’ve 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 lamb’s 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 lamb’s 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.

You hear stories of these lonely nomadic Middle-Eastern shepherds and how close they are to their flocks... but I doubt it's genetically possible.

Hoax?

http://english.pravda.ru/science/mysteries/12-01-2010/111621-sheep_human_face-0

It is Pravda, after all.  They have a pretty good 'Shop department.

[RocketMan]

It was probably just Harold with a little to much time on his hands, doing a little moonlighting.  Maybe we should start calling him "Weird Harold"?

edited fur speling

[Ex-MA Hole]

That does has a nice wring too it.

[CNYCacher]

I don't know which part you would call the hoax.

While the article directly quotes someone who believes that the goat was a result of human/goat relations, we know that's impossible.

I believe it's possible for these mutations to happen, but I don't believe they are the result of human/animal relations.

[Tallpine]

I've seen worse at Walmart 

[AZRedhawk44]

I've seen worse at Walmart 

Now, G98 will be along to lock this thread, since you went and bashed the fat lady in the electric scooter and brought Walmart into it.

[Balog]

It's a deformed sheep that kind of looks like a human's face. Sheesh, do you get this excited about the Virgin Mary's image burnt into a piece of toast?    

[AZRedhawk44]

It's a deformed sheep that kind of looks like a human's face. Sheesh, do you get this excited about the Virgin Mary's image burnt into a piece of toast?    

Nope, just when it's bird poop on a side mirror.

[Ex-MA Hole]

It's a deformed sheep that kind of looks like a human's face. Sheesh, do you get this excited about the Virgin Mary's image burnt into a piece of toast?    

You win 1 internet.

[280plus]

I saw a frozen waterfall that looked just like an angel today. Really!  

[just Warren]

I don't think this goat is getting a catchy child's song written for it ala Rudolph.

[grampster]

The dead goat looks strangely pleased about something

[Viking]

The dead goat looks strangely pleased about something

Probably about the fact that it's dead and doesn't have to look at it's ugly mug in the mirror each morning.

[Antibubba]

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.

You get the government you deserve...

[Angel Eyes]

I saw a frozen waterfall that looked just like an angel today. Really!  

I have a glob of mold on my refrigerator that looks like Elvis.

[280plus]

Awesome! 

[lupinus]

Looks kinda like Leno

[Gewehr98]

When I examined the Tuck's medicated pad this morning...

[280plus]

G, just get some witch hazel and use it for the "final wipe". Save yourself some $. Buy the Dickenson's though, the store brands are watered down and not nearly as good.

We now return you to your regular thread...

 

[Jamisjockey]

the real question being...did they eat it?

[Viking]

the real question being...did they eat it?

And if they did, would it be some sort of pseudo-cannibalism?

[jackdanson]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanzee

May explain my mother-in-law.  ::rimshot::

[S. Williamson]

Call me morbid if you like, but I'm kinda interested to see what the underlying bone structure of the "human" face looks like.

[Harold Tuttle]

have pixels
will travel

[280plus]

Ok, now THAT'S DISTURBING!!