cow born with SIX LEGS in incredible footage as farmer rules out op to remove extra limbs

cow born with SIX LEGS in incredible footage as farmer rules out op to remove extra limbs

Mangalore Today News Network

China, Sep 24, 2014: This six-legged cow has been born in China - leaving the farmer who delivered her swamped by TV crews.

The calf arrived with two extra limbs protruding from her neck.

However farmer Zhang Gongxun, from Shandong, said they won’t seem to affect how she moo-ves.

He said: "I’ve raised the mother for five years and seen her through four births and I’ve never seen anything like this before.

This calf was born on a farm in Shandong with four normal legs and two more growing from its neck

"The extra legs don’t seem to bother or hurt her but she can’t move them or use them."

He added: "Everyone seems to want to see her though since a friend put some pictures of her on the internet.

"I get crowds of people here every day and all kinds of camera crews from TV stations."

There were claims that the anomaly was the result of a genetic mutation caused by pollution, but a veterinary expert in the country said it was more likely to be due to an absorption of a twin in the womb.


This calf was born on a farm in Shandong with four normal legs and two more growing from its neck.

Guo Hsiao said: "It happens when there isn’t quite full separation of the twins and the smaller, weaker one is consumed.

"As long as the legs are not attached to any major nerves or blood vessels, we would be able to remove them without damaging the calf."

Farmer Zhang isn’t keen on the operation, however - not when there is cold hard cash at steak.

"That operation is necessary if the animal can be sold," he said.

"But I have already been offered far more than the market value by animal parks - and I am considering the offers."