'Deformed lamb is not half-human'

[schumi]

Johannesburg – The Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform on Wednesday, confirmed that the picture of a deformed lamb circulating on social media was not a hoax, but a lamb born in Lady Frere.

Chief Director of Veterinary Services, Dr Lubabalo Mrwebi, said that at a glance the lamb resembled human form but that the animal was not part human.

"We would like to confirm that the severely deformed lamb that was born by a sheep in Lady Frere this week, which at a glance resembles a human form, is not human but a deformed stillborn lamb sired by a sheep and was subsequently infected by a Rift Valley Fever at early stage of its pregnancy," Mrwebi said in a statement.

"It is not uncommon for pregnant animals to be infected by viruses early in their pregnancy. Virus infections in early stages of pregnancy may infect the foetus and lead to the development of malformations in the growing foetus. It is likely that this is what happened to the Lady Frere sheep."

Pic and rest in link: http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/eastern-cape/deformed-lamb-is-not-half-human-9915416

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Well how about that. As South Africans are looking to leave the country, Australians have decided to settle here...

 

[Spontaneous spinach]

looks human to me, can we get a DNA test between farmer and the baby?

 

[konfab]

Well how about that. As South Africans are looking to leave the country, Australians have decided to settle here...

 

[Wall]

Well how about that. As South Africans are looking to leave the country, Australians have decided to settle here...

beat me to it

 

[Zen17h]

Okay, it's not half-human...

...but what about the OTHER half?

 

[MielieSpoor]

Dunno hey. That articles makes too much use of the word 'assume'. The only way they can know for sure is if a DNA test is done and confirm that only sheep is involved in that creature. Until such time, they will not be telling me that 'perde drolle vye is'.

 

[marine1]

Yeah, some deranged idiot probably shagged a piggy

 

[LazyLion]

Let's make some Veal anyway....

 

[WaxLyrical]

"It is worth noting that a sheep has 28 pairs of chromosomes; a goat has 30 pairs; while humans have 23 pairs. These facts are important in dispelling the myth that a union of a sheep ovum and a human sperm can lead to a development of a viable life form. The deformed lamb exhibits signs that are consistent with an early foetal development that went wrong as a result of a viral infection."

Any Aussies visit our part of the world lately?

 

[daveza]

That IOL can even feel required to clarify that there is no lamb-human shows just how far this tabloid has fallen.

 

[Spontaneous spinach]

the Guptas are also headling our news