A six-legged calf has defied the odds by thriving despite a vet's prediction at birth that it wouldn't survive. Seven-week-old Lilli is now a minor celebrity in her native Switzerland after local media were splashed with images of the calf frolicking across a sunny field.
Farmer Andreas Knutti from Weissenburg, which is 19 miles (30 kilometers) south of the capital Bern, says he couldn't bring himself to euthanize the animal because she was "so full of life."
He said that a curve in her spine means Lilli may never become a normal milk cow.
But Knutti says if the calf stays healthy she'll still be allowed to join the others when they head for their Alpine pastures this summer.
Six-legged calf "Lilli" stands on the pasture of its owner Andreas Knutti, in Weissenburg, Switzerland. The calf was born seven weeks ago with two additional legs on its back.
I think this is not the greatest sight one may want to come across, but such things happen in nature. I hope this is not one of these cloned animals, poor creature!
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