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A four-legged duck is set to become a media star after overcoming its deformity.
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Stumpy was born on February 7 at the Warrawee Duck Farm in the New Forest, Hampshire, to the great surprise of owner Nicky Janaway.
The rare deformity has left the bird with two legs behind the two he runs about on.
Mrs Janaway said: "He's doing really well. He is still very tame and loves all the attention he's been getting."
She said Stumpy would have to live in a pen for the rest of his life but added that he had been paired up with a female duck for companionship.
"He won't be allowed to roam the farm because his back legs stick out and could get caught in brambles and I might never find him," she said.
"So we're making a very big pen for him to make sure he is kept safe and he has been paired up with Alice - he seems a very happy duck."
Mrs Janaway said she was "gobsmacked" when she first turned Stumpy over after his birth to find out the duckling's sex and was confronted by all those legs.
She said: "It was absolutely bizarre. I was thinking 'he's got too many legs' and I kept counting 'one, two three, four'."
The mutation is rare but cases have been recorded across the world.
One duckling called Jake was born in Queensland, Australia in 2002 with four legs but died soon after.
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/[....]uck-stumps-owners-dba1618.html
Genuine Site video
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/[....]095451&cl=2279381&src=ukyvideo
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Posted: 2007-04-03 15:29:21
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