Did anybody else see this?

[swampbillies]

This was on our local news here in Tampa. Must have been a slow news day.

Villa Vieja, Colombia -- A calf in Colombia has a few extra legs. The calf was born with six legs, to be exact.

The owner says animal deformities are not unusual. He believes the calf's abnormalities happened because of a lack of calcium.

The rancher has not decided what he will do with the newborn animal.

 

[AngusSenorita]

why would an animal have extra bones due to a lack of calcium sounds like it is genetic or a mutation that occurs while the fetus is very young

 

[chrisy]

in human babies this would be because a twin did not seperate properly, would this not be the same in a cow.?

 

[Herefordcross]

It can be caused by the twins not separating or a host of other causes.

 

[mwj]

Looks to me like that ''newborn'' has horns already so he must be a little slow in making up his mind

 

[cattleluvr18]

yeah i seen that too!! they said he might sell it to the circus....how sad and that makes me mad too

 

[Alice]

yeah i seen that too!! they said he might sell it to the circus....how sad and that makes me mad too

Gotta remember where this calf is...as sorry as that excuse is.

Alice

 

[3MR]

Now children, better eat your calcium or you will be sold to a circus in Mexico.

Or how about. Theres cows in Mexico that would give a hind leg for the calcium you got.

With that said, Im not buying the lack of calcium thing at all. I think the said farmer needs to take a few more science classes. I dont see how a lack of calcium would cause additional bones which require clacium to grow. Just my 2 cents.