Here be Monsters 14-01-2010

Turkish Sheep Man

Izmir, Turkey : A sheep gives birth to a human faced lamb via caesarean.

Erhan Elibol, the vet that performed the operation said :

I’ve seen mutations with cows and sheep before. I’ve seen a one-eyed calf, a two-headed calf, a five-legged calf. But when I saw this youngster I could not believe my eyes.

The lamb had all human features on its face apart from its ears.

The birth was most likely caused by a mutation.

It isn’t the first time an animal has been born with a human face. The Telegraph goes on to tell the story of a goat born in Zimbabwe that had a human head, and was alive after the birth for several hours.

The mutant fell foul to the locals who killed it out of fear.

The governor of the province claimed bestiality and dark powers were the cause :

This incident is very shocking. It is my first time to see such an evil thing. It is really embarrassing. The head belongs to a man while the body is that of a goat. This is evident that an adult human being was responsible. Evil powers caused this person to lose self control. We often hear cases of human beings who commit bestiality but this is the first time for such an act to produce a product with human features

Biologists will no doubt be eager to study the Turkish lambs body and the mutation. They did not get a chance in Zimbabwe as the goat corpse was burned.

Dinosaur Shark

Tragedy struck Cape Town on Tuesday as a swimmer was attacked by what eye witnesses describe as a dinosaur sized shark.

Lloyd Skinner of Zimbabwe, was approx. 300 feet from the shore when he was pulled under water. The 37 year old could not be found and the water was red with blood. <- this part proved to be fake. See here.

According to discovery news, the shark is thought to be a great white.