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Adorable Abomination Of Nature Wins Swiss Hearts

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
March 29, 2012
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Submitted by Hank on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 15:43
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A six-legged calf has defied the odds by thriving despite a vet's prediction at birth that it would not survive - and now the Swiss public has fallen in love with Lilli.

Farmer Andreas Knutti from Weissenburg told Blick that a curve in her spine means that Lilli may never become a normal milk cow. Regardless, he couldn't euthanize her because she is just too darn cute.


Lilli. Photograph: Peter Schneider/EPA. Link: Guardian

Six-legged calf wins Swiss hearts Associated Press

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