Duckling born with four legs
February 17, 2007
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| Stumpy was born with four legs. |
LONDON, England (AP) -- Webbed feet run in Stumpy's family, but
he's the first to have four of them.
A rare mutation has left the eight-day-old duckling with two
nearly full-sized legs behind the two he runs on. Nicky Janaway,
a duck farmer in New Forest, Hampshire, 95 miles (150 kilometers)
southwest of London, unveiled the duckling to reporters on Saturday.
"It was absolutely bizarre. I was thinking 'he's got too
many legs' and I kept counting 'one, two, three, four,"'
Janaway said.
Stumpy would probably not survive in the wild, but Janaway,
who runs the Warrawee Duck Farm in New Forest says he is doing
well.
"He's eating and surviving so far and he is running about
with those extra legs acting like stabilizers," Janaway
said.
The mutation is rare, but cases have been recorded across the
world. One duckling named Jake was born in Queensland, Australia,
in 2002 with four legs but died soon after.
Article at: cnn.com
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