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Four-Legged Duck .. [1]
saw this on my friend's frontpage - isn't he cute! first, global warming, now creatures too? I think it makes him more special and adorable though.
LONDON - Webbed feet run in Stumpy's family, but he's the first to have four of them.
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A rare mutation has left the eight-day-old duckling with two nearly full-sized legs behind the two he runs on. Nicky Janaway, a duck farmer in New Forest, Hampshire, 95 miles southwest of London, showed the duckling to reporters Saturday.
"It was absolutely bizarre. I was thinking 'he's got too many legs' and I kept counting 'one, two, three, four,'" Janaway said.
Stumpy would probably not survive in the wild, but Janaway, who runs the Warrawee Duck Farm in New Forest, says he is doing well.
"He's eating and surviving so far, and he is running about with those extra legs acting like stabilizers," Janaway said.
The mutation is rare, but cases have been recorded across the world. One duckling named Jake was born in Queensland, Australia, in 2002 with four legs but died soon after.
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OMG he is so cute!!! I bet that little guy can run!!
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hehe. my sister just told me today that my niece's first word is duck! not clearly yet, like "guck!" or "du!" pointing at her yellow duck. :) :)
anyway, I wonder how he walks, too cute I bet!
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hmm maybe this is the first step for ducks new evolving. Cool. Betcha he can swim REALLY fast!!! lol
