Piglet Born With 8 Legs Shocked Farmers (PHOTOS)

Piglet Born With 8 Legs Shocked Farmers (PHOTOS)

An unusual piglet born in the Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, shocked all the farmers in the area with its extra legs.

The piggy has eight legs, however, he doesn't walk on all of them, four extra legs just dangle from the belly 

Farmer Tang Yongxiu, the owner of the mutant piglet, said: "When I was cleaning it, I found it looked unusual." Later he saw two extra pairs of legs hanging from the pig's belly and could not believe his eyes.

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According to the farmer, the little piglet has eight legs, however, he doesn't walk on all of them, four extra legs just dangle from the belly with no use. The two legs in the front are slimmer than the two legs in the behind.

The two legs in the front are slimmer than the two legs in the behind

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Yongxiu who has been raising pigs for more than 20 years says that he has never seen anything like that. Also he noted that but for the four extra legs the piggy looks normal and healthy as well as others in the same litter. Now the man plans to raise it in a separate room, to see what it will look like in the future.

Source: Legit.ng

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