(May 23) - A seven-legged calf was born at a veterinary hospital in Steamboat Springs, Colo., on Thursday, according to the Steamboat Pilot & Today.
The staff at the Steamboat Veterinary Hospital said the Black Angus calf, which was delivered by cesarean section, had two spines but one head. One leg also had two hooves.
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The calf lived for only about 10 minutes.
Veterinarian Lee Meyring says the birth was an incomplete splitting of the embryo into twins.
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“I’ve been in practice for 14 years, and I’ve only seen one other calf with a fifth leg,” Meyring told the Steamboat Pilot & Today. “And so this one’s definitely the most bizarre I’ve seen."
The hospital says the calf's owners do not want to be identified.
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