Tiny Duckling Has Rare Mutation: 4 Legs

Feb 19, 2007
Tiny Duckling Has Rare Mutation: 4 Legs (AP)
Stumpy, a four-legged duckling at Warrawee Duck Farm, Copythorne, Hampshire, England, Saturday Feb. 17, 2007. A rare mutation has left the bird with two legs behind the usual two. (AP Photo/PA, Barry Batchelor)

(AP) -- Webbed feet run in Stumpy's family, but he's the first to have four of them.



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