According to reports, on Wednesday in Thornhill, Eastern Cape, a human lamb was purportedly delivered by a sheep.
This comes after a video of an animal that resembles a newborn human being resting next to a sheep went viral on social media.
Locals are gathered around the beast, obviously frightened by what they have just seen.
The people watching said that this was the first time they had ever seen anything like it.
There are allegations that some people may have been having s3xual relations with the sheep as a result of the occurrence.
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“I’m afraid this is due to bestiality,” a shocked resident said.
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After a similar occurrence occurred in South Africa in 2017, Africa Check met with Dr. Carina Visser, a senior lecturer in the animal and wildlife sciences department at the University of Pretoria.
She asserted that biological makeup rather than human behavior may be the true cause.
According to genetics, every species has a different amount of chromosomes, the speaker stated.
Some species, like donkeys and horses, are related and have 62 vs 64 chromosomes, which means they can procreate and have living children. But goats have 60 chromosomes total, compared to 46 in humans. A sheep’s chromosomal count is 54.
“Considering this, it is infeasible for these animals to generate even an embryo or fetus, much less progeny,”
