Something I've never experienced before

Jimbuna · 05-29-22, 06:29 AM

Went with the wife, granddaughter and her parents to a farm in Northumberland where visitors are encouraged to interract and feed the animals.

The weather was warm and sunny with just a slight breeze from time to time so seeing all the animals that were mostly located in an outdoor setting wasn't a problem.

What I wasn't prepared for (see bottom two photos) was coming across a five-legged lamb.

Skybird · 05-29-22, 07:37 AM

The pic with the owl - is that you, Jim?

Jimbuna · 05-29-22, 07:54 AM

Yep, I'm the handsome bastid in the picture

Skybird · 05-29-22, 08:06 AM

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Yep, I'm the handsome bastid in the picture

I ask because I could not believe it. In the picture, your face bears a stunning resemblance to my paternal grandfather, even the glasses. He was only a little corpulent, you are slimmer. But in the face - a moment I was shocked. I've noticed it before on pictures, but never so striking. I hope you have no wooden leg and no glass eye and you do not miss half a lung, else my philosophical world view would be seriously challenged now...

stork100 · 05-29-22, 08:22 AM

Nice pictures. Looks like a grand outing. Something to remember with fondness for all concerned. The five legged ones look happy enough. Good for them.

mapuc · 05-29-22, 10:00 AM

As I'm one who want to know I made a search to see how common it is

Here is what I found

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Five-legged lambs are extremely rare with only one in a million lambs being born like that. On a farm in the UK's Morpeth, a lamb was born with an extra leg that protruded from its left side

And about this lambs in picture

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2031718.html

Markus

Reece · 05-29-22, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Yep, I'm the handsome bastid in the picture

Oh the life form on the glove!! For a moment I thought . . . Nah!!

ET2SN · 05-30-22, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

The pic with the owl - is that you, Jim?

I thought it was an old picture from when LBJ tried Owl Farming on the White House lawn.

What Jim isn't telling us is that the farm is just across the meadow from Windscale.

Jimbuna · 05-30-22, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Reece

Oh the life form on the glove!! For a moment I thought . . . Nah!!

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I thought it was an old picture from when LBJ tried Owl Farming on the White House lawn.

Cheeky blighters

Kapitan · 05-30-22, 10:20 PM

A 5 legged lamb................Chernobyl contamination is alive and well then

Jimbuna · 05-31-22, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan

A 5 legged lamb................Chernobyl contamination is alive and well then

ET2SN · 05-29-22, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

What I wasn't prepared for (see bottom two photos) was coming across a five-legged lamb.

The extra limb is there to hold the pot of mint jelly.

Commander Wallace · 05-29-22, 08:04 AM

I have never even heard of a 5 legged animal or lamb let alone seen one.

Looks like you and your family had a good day and made some memories.
Awesome.

Eichhörnchen · 05-30-22, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ET2SN

The extra limb is there to hold the pot of mint jelly.

Very strange, but it's an extra leg of lamb at any rate so it could catch on

05-29-22, 06:29 AM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Something I've never experienced before Went with the wife, granddaughter and her parents to a farm in Northumberland where visitors are encouraged to interract and feed the animals. The weather was warm and sunny with just a slight breeze from time to time so seeing all the animals that were mostly located in an outdoor setting wasn't a problem. What I wasn't prepared for (see bottom two photos) was coming across a five-legged lamb. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The pic with the owl - is that you, Jim? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-29-22, 07:54 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Yep, I'm the handsome bastid in the picture __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	A 5 legged lamb................Chernobyl contamination is alive and well then __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

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stork100 Weps Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Australia Posts: 371 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Nice pictures. Looks like a grand outing. Something to remember with fondness for all concerned. The five legged ones look happy enough. Good for them.

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Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	I have never even heard of a 5 legged animal or lamb let alone seen one. Looks like you and your family had a good day and made some memories. Awesome.