Lamb in Russia Born with Human-Like Face

In a village in the Russian republic of Dagestan, a lamb was born with distinctly human-like qualities, the Daily Mail reported.

Video of the animal (see below) shows an eerily human-contoured face, with a prominent nose, broad mouth, and a chin Jay Leno might admire.

The lamb was born in the village of Chirka and belongs to a 45-year-old farmer named Blasius Lavrentiev. He expressed some dismay at what he assumed were dim prospects for selling the lamb, but the Irish Mirror reported that he was offered a high price -- well above market value -- for it from a circus.

A veterinarian in the village attributed the deformity to an excess of Vitamin A in the mother's diet, the Irish Mirror reported.

According to the site, Lavrentiev said: "Whatever has caused it she’s a little beauty and I definitely won’t be selling her for anyone’s dinner table either as the buyers want her on display."

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