Animal Oddity - Photo of Giant Hogzilla

In this photo released by Melynne Stone, Jamison Stone, 11, poses with a wild pig he killed near Delta, Ala., May 3, 2007. Stone's father said the hog weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9 feet 4 inches from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. If claims of the animal's size are true, it would be larger than Hogzilla, the huge hog killed in Georgia in 2004.
(Melynne Stone/AP Photo)



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Animal Oddity - Photo of Two-toned Lobster

A rare two-toned lobster is seen in July 2006, in Bar Harbor, Maine. The lobster was caught by Alan Robinson in Dyer's Bay and is a typical mottled green on one side; the other side is a shade of orange that looks cooked. Robinson donated the lobster to the Mount Desert Oceanarium. Staff members say the odds of finding a half-and-half lobster are 1 in 50 million to 100 million. (Abigail Curtis, The Daily News/AP Photo)



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Animal Oddity - Photo of Gourd-shaped Tortoise

A gourd-shaped tortoise is seen in Huaibei, east China's Anhui Province, June 24, 2007. Residents say a gene mutation contributed to the aberration, local media reported.
(China Daily/ Reuters )



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Animal Oddity - Photo of Crossbreed Zebra Horse

The zebra and horse crossbreed Eclyse puts its best face on during its public presentation in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, western Germany.The father of Eclyse is a horse from Italy, where the crossbreed filly was born in 2006. Her mother is a zebra from the Safari park. (Udo Richter, uripress.de/AP Photo)




Credits: MARTIN MEISSNER

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Animal Oddity - Photo of Valentine Chihuahua

A long-haired male Chihuahua named Heart-kun was born with a heart-shaped pattern of brown fur in Odate, Japan, May 18, 2007. Shop owner Emiko Sakurada said that of the 1,000 dogs she had bred, Heart-kun was the first puppy born with such a mark. There are no plans to sell the puppy. (Issei Kato/Reuters)



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Animal Oddity - Photo of Seven-legged Lamb

A seven-legged lamb is pictured on its farm at Methven near Christ Church in the South Island of New Zealand, July 31, 2007. Veterinarian Steve Williams said he believed a misprint in embryo formation had resulted in the lamb being born polydactyl, or with many legs, a condition that occurs once in every several million sheep. (Susan Sandys, Ashburton Guardian/AP Photo)



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Monkey-faced Piglet - Photo

While all the other little piggies will be going to market, this freak little piggy from China will stay at home – for fear that nobody will buy a walking bacon sandwich with the face of a monkey. Curious locals flocked to the home of owner Feng Changlin after news of the piglet spread in Fengzhang village, Xiping township. “It’s hideous. No one will be willing to buy it, and it scares the family to even look at it!” Feng told Oriental Today.

He says the piglet looks just like a monkey, with two thin lips, a small nose and two big eyes. Its rear legs are also much longer than its forelegs, causing it to jump instead of walk. Feng’s wife said the monkey-faced piglet was one of five newborns of a sow which the family had raised for nine years.

“My God, it was so scary. I didn’t known what it was. I was really frightened,” she said. “But our son likes to play with it, and he stopped us from getting rid of it. He even feeds it milk.” Neighbours have suggested the couple keep the piglet to see how it looks as it matures


The pig with the face of a monkey


Spectators looking at the monkey-faced piglet



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Animal Oddity - Photo of Two-headed Calf

Blinky the cow was born with two heads. Although the calf is clearly special, unfortunately, the life span of two-headed cows is not very long, which does not bode well for Blinky, who can't stand or sit on her own. Greg Hamstra, owner of Hamstra's Dairy in Tulare, Calif., where the calf was born, said, "We call her Blinky because all four eyes blink at the same time." (ABC News)



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