Baby lamb is born with 5 legs -- and saved from the meat market

A 5-legged lamb bred for the meat market in England has been saved due to his deformity. Named Forrest, after Forrest Gump, the adorable animal doesn't let his extra limb slow him down.

"I hadn't noticed, when my daughter said, 'Dad, look, that lamb has five legs. "We were amazed and couldn't believe it. I have never seen anything like it," said Mark Bayley, according to Caters News.

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He was baffled. "I had to look on the internet to make sure he was ok and find out if anything like this had happened before," Bayley said according to the Mirror. Although it's unusual, other farmers have reported similar deformities.

Even though Forest doesn't have control over his leg, it doesn't stop him from running and playing. The otherwise healthy lamb bonded normally with his mother and is "doing everything he needed to do," Bayley explained. Bayley's kids encouraged their father to keep the lamb as a pet.

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