Showing posts with label genetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label genetics. Show all posts

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Multilegged Duck


(18 Feb 2007) Webbed feet run in Stumpy's family, but he's the first to have four of them.
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 (150 kilometers) southwest of London, unveiled the duckling to reporters on Saturday.