A baby goat has been born with one eye in what has been hailed a ‘miracle’. Some villagers believe the goat, that was born in Assam in India, is sacred and have begun to worship it after it was born a week ago.   Vets predicted that the goat, which also only has one ear, would die within a few days but it has defied the odds so far.  People have been visiting the village to

see the kid which suffers from a condition seen in other animals including horses, pigs, cows and cats. The condition which causes the defect is called cyclopia and occurs when the two hemispheres of the brain do not separate.  This leads to the formation of a single central cavity with one eye, or sometimes partially fused or separate eyeballs. The eyelashes and eyelids are absent, as is any true nose. READ MORE

 


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