Notice anything different about the middle calf? Well, besides the fact that he's relieving himself. Which he's not doing in this next picture. So, do you see it? Up by his shoulder?
We are sorry we couldn't get a better picture than either of these, but his mama wasn't going to put up with us for very long.
Just so you know, he seems perfectly happy, running along on four of his legs with the fifth one swinging from that attempted thigh growing out of his back.
Thank you, Farmer L, for taking us out into the pasture for a visit. We appreciate knowing that this is the first time an extra leg has ever occurred in your decades-long farming career, as well.
But we wish Mama Cow had let him have his close-up.
8 comments:
"great calves"
wow. those look big and smelly. do they like cats?
Tiria
The Shadow Princess
I have heard of this (usually that's a part of another cow that got resorbed into the one that is left over)but I have never seen it. Thanks for the pictures. It is very cool, and surprisingly, not a bit creepy.
prodigal aspersions cynthia
Four legs or five, if I were working that herd, I'd round him up just like the others. Mom says to tell you she enjoyed these pictures.
Amie
That is weird!
WOW! Do the other calves treat him differently? You know the reindeer were not nice to Rudolph cause he was different!
ppsstt.. you WON!
Wow. Who knew?
Me (at the computer): Have you ever seen a five-legged calf?
The Scientist: No.(Firmly) And I'm not sure I want to.
Me: ...OK.
Well, one of us thought it was cool, anyway.
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