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A sheep gave birth to a dead lamb with a human-like face. The calf was born in a village not far from the city of Izmir, Turkey.
Erhan Elibol, a vet, performed Cesarean section on the animal to take the calf out, but was horrified to see that the features of the calf's snout bore a striking resemblance to a human face.
"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. His mother could not deliver him so I had to help the animal," the 29-year-old veterinary said.
The lamb's head had human features on - the eyes, the nose and the mouth - only the ears were those of a sheep.
Veterinaries said the rare mutation most likely occurred as a result of improper mutation since the fodder for the lamb's mother was abundant with vitamin A, CNNTurk.com reports.
A goat from Zimbabwe gave birth to a similar youngster in September 2009. The mutant baby born with a human-like head stayed alive for several hours until the frightened village residents killed him.
The governor of the province where the ugly goat was born said that the little goat was the fruit of unnatural relationship between the female goat and a man.
"This incident is very shocking. It is my first time to see such an evil thing. It is really embarrassing," he reportedly said. "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," he added.
The mutant creature was hairless. Local residents said that even dogs were afraid to approach the bizarre animal.
The locals burnt the body of the little goat, and biologists had no chance to study the rare mutation.
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American Idol judge Simon Cowell has confirmed he will leave the programme at the end of this season as he takes British show The X Factor to Fox TV.
Cowell, whose contract ends following the show's ninth run, said he was offered a lot of money to stay.
"But that wasn't the reason behind it. I wanted to do something different. I wanted a new challenge," he said.
It has been reported that Cowell stands to make more money with the X Factor than if he stays on American Idol.
Cowell created and owns The X Factor, a hit show in the UK Who will replace Simon Cowell?
The music industry mogul owns the rights to the X Factor format - and will serve as an executive producer on the US version of the show - meaning he stands to make more than his current reported pay packet of $36m (Ј22.3m).
Cowell said there were many people who wanted his Idol job, but said the judges should not be the stars of the show.
"Fundamentally, the most important reason we do this is to find talent," he said.
Speculation has already begun about who will join Cowell on the X Factor, with former judge Paula Abdul, who left American Idol last year, among the leading contenders.
"I adore Paula. Whatever happens, I will be working with her in some capacity, because I miss her," Cowell said.
However, he did rule out former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham - who briefly joined the judging panel on American Idol last year.
The star said he wanted to leave the show "on a high" and added he was "very proud of what the show has achieved".
In a statement released by Fox, Cowell said: "I'm thrilled that we have put a date on the launch of the US version of The X Factor, and delighted to be continuing to work with Fox.
Kelly Clarkson won the first series of American Idol in 2002. "We have a fantastic relationship, a great team and are all very excited about this."
Peter Rice, chairman of entertainment for Fox, refused to discuss a possible replacement judge for Cowell on American Idol.
"We have to take our time on that," he said. "We have to make sure the chemistry of the judges is as good as it can be."
American Idol has been the country's most popular television programme for the last five years and has launched stars such as Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry.
However, viewing figures have been shrinking since its 2005 peak when it averaged more than 30 million weekly viewers.
In April last year, the show attracted 22.3 million viewers. Both Cowell and Rice have insisted that both shows would complement each other, not detract.
From foreign press
A sheep gave birth to a dead lamb with a human-like face. The calf was born in a village not far from the city of Izmir, Turkey.
Erhan Elibol, a vet, performed Cesarean section on the animal to take the calf out, but was horrified to see that the features of the calf's snout bore a striking resemblance to a human face.
"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. His mother could not deliver him so I had to help the animal," the 29-year-old veterinary said.
The lamb's head had human features on - the eyes, the nose and the mouth - only the ears were those of a sheep.
Veterinaries said the rare mutation most likely occurred as a result of improper mutation since the fodder for the lamb's mother was abundant with vitamin A, CNNTurk.com reports.
A goat from Zimbabwe gave birth to a similar youngster in September 2009. The mutant baby born with a human-like head stayed alive for several hours until the frightened village residents killed him.
The governor of the province where the ugly goat was born said that the little goat was the fruit of unnatural relationship between the female goat and a man.
"This incident is very shocking. It is my first time to see such an evil thing. It is really embarrassing," he reportedly said. "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," he added.
The mutant creature was hairless. Local residents said that even dogs were afraid to approach the bizarre animal.
The locals burnt the body of the little goat, and biologists had no chance to study the rare mutation.
x x
American Idol judge Simon Cowell has confirmed he will leave the programme at the end of this season as he takes British show The X Factor to Fox TV.
Cowell, whose contract ends following the show's ninth run, said he was offered a lot of money to stay.
"But that wasn't the reason behind it. I wanted to do something different. I wanted a new challenge," he said.
It has been reported that Cowell stands to make more money with the X Factor than if he stays on American Idol.
Cowell created and owns The X Factor, a hit show in the UK Who will replace Simon Cowell?
The music industry mogul owns the rights to the X Factor format - and will serve as an executive producer on the US version of the show - meaning he stands to make more than his current reported pay packet of $36m (Ј22.3m).
Cowell said there were many people who wanted his Idol job, but said the judges should not be the stars of the show.
"Fundamentally, the most important reason we do this is to find talent," he said.
Speculation has already begun about who will join Cowell on the X Factor, with former judge Paula Abdul, who left American Idol last year, among the leading contenders.
"I adore Paula. Whatever happens, I will be working with her in some capacity, because I miss her," Cowell said.
However, he did rule out former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham - who briefly joined the judging panel on American Idol last year.
The star said he wanted to leave the show "on a high" and added he was "very proud of what the show has achieved".
In a statement released by Fox, Cowell said: "I'm thrilled that we have put a date on the launch of the US version of The X Factor, and delighted to be continuing to work with Fox.
Kelly Clarkson won the first series of American Idol in 2002. "We have a fantastic relationship, a great team and are all very excited about this."
Peter Rice, chairman of entertainment for Fox, refused to discuss a possible replacement judge for Cowell on American Idol.
"We have to take our time on that," he said. "We have to make sure the chemistry of the judges is as good as it can be."
American Idol has been the country's most popular television programme for the last five years and has launched stars such as Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry.
However, viewing figures have been shrinking since its 2005 peak when it averaged more than 30 million weekly viewers.
In April last year, the show attracted 22.3 million viewers. Both Cowell and Rice have insisted that both shows would complement each other, not detract.
