Viral video: Lamb born with five legs

A rare five-legged lamb was born at the Whitehouse Farm in the Morpeth, Northumberland, a region in England.

According to a foreign media outlet, the owners of a British farm were shocked when a lamb was born with a fifth leg sticking out of its side.

Heather Hogarty, part-owner of a British farm said: “It is unusual, but animals having something a bit different does happen – we get many animals born with disabilities, but you don’t see them as often as sadly they get put down.”

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According to the owner, the five-legged lamb was born as part of a set of triplets on Feb 22. She said that the recently born sheep is in good health.

It may be noted here that this rare occurrence is thought to only happen to one lamb in a million and the farm owner said it’s only the second time she has seen it in her 25 years at the farm.