A sheep gave birth to a dog on a farm in China, claims its owner Liu Naiying, who has had people flocking to see the woolly 'lamb-puppy'.
Liu says he came across the lamb-dog in one of his fields shortly after it was born. And by 'born', he means his sheep was licking the creature and therefore it was sporting that moist, 'fresh from the womb' look. 'I was herding the sheep, and saw a sheep licking her newborn lamb on the grassland. The lamb was still wet,' he said. 
'When I went up close to check on the lamb I was shocked because it looked so weird, like a cross between a sheep and a dog. 'I was a bit frightened, as I've been raising sheep for 20 years and had never seen such a creature.' Though it has wool like a lamb's, the creature's mouth, nose, eyes, paws and tail are most definitely dog-like. 
Liu says the creature even plays like a puppy. Vets, oddly enough, have stepped in and pointed out that it's impossible for a sheep to give birth to a dog, but that hasn't stopped the lamb-dog tourists rocking up to the farm in Fugu County, Shaanxi Province, in their droves. According to people at Xi'an City Animal Husbandry Technology Centre who know about these sorts of things, it's most likely that Liu's animal is simply an abnormal lamb.
2 comments:
If it is an off spring of a EWE and not an unusual pup brought in to look like it came from the EWE, it is not only unusual but has no hooves like sheep and is not built like a sheep or lamb so What Happened? it is a question that begs an answer. Now if that "lamb was to have off spring would it be from sheep? are the genes that of a sheep? People do also pull fast ones bringing in a ringer and some dog breeds do have more woolie coats than others.
Does it Baaaaa or bark? :0)
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