Can a five-legged lamb outrun the rest of its flock? Kojonup farmer Marshall Bowey says this special delivery is trying to take advantage of its extra leg.
has been born on a farm in the southern Western Australian town of Kojonup."We were tailing lambs and realised one had five legs and six feet," Mr Bowey said.
"I've come across lambs with little growths of wool on their backs or legs, but never seen a fifth leg, let alone with six feet."When it was running along it would throw its head down and try to use the fifth leg as it trotted along."Likely genetic defectDepartment of Primary Industries and Regional Development senior veterinary pathologist Dr Shane Besier said the extra limb was likely to be a random defect.
Mr Bowey said he would make sure the lamb could survive with the extra limb, otherwise he would arrange to have it amputated.
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