‘Half Sheep, Half Human’: Locals Claim Baby Mutant Born in Nigeria
- Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:08pm by
Liz Klimas
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(Image: Daily Sun)
Reports of a “half sheep, half human” creature born to an adult sheep in the town of Sokoto, Nigeria, have locals claiming witchcraft or beastiality was at work while more reasonable answers like birth complications have come from officials.
The Daily Sun (via the Huffington Post) reports that the delivery made on Jan. 22 at Fakon Idi Veterinary Clinic drew crowds and shocked onlookers to the point where Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps had to get involved to disperse them:
Garba Aminu, a commercial motorcycle rider, averred: “This is an abomination in our land. To see a sheep give birth to a half human being is a mystery and that shows how terrible some people are. It is unimaginable that some people will be having intercourse with animals.”
Another onlooker, who simply gave his name as Danladi, wondered how such a development could happen in a morally upright state like Sokoto where the Islamic faith is so deep.
But Dr. Ismail Usman with the Veterinary Clinic in the state Ministry of Forestry and Animal Health put rumors to rest, lamenting the fact that such a fantastical idea would even be discussed:
“It was a surprise that people’s perspective could be so negative when it comes to scientific reasoning and thoughts. In fact, the meaning attached to the development on the pregnant sheep by the onlookers was embarrassing.” Dr. Usman stated.
He explained that the sheep was supposed to have been delivered two days earlier but could not, a situation that he described as unusual among animals, especially sheep.
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Another expert, Dr. Dahiru Sani who was one of the surgeons that carried out the operation on the controversial sheep said infections such as German measles, excess drugs and radiation could cause such abnormalities in animal pregnancy.
According to him, “every layman would believe that such a picture is a human-like animal, but in science, it is just a condition that caused the incident.”
The Huffington Post points out that people have been quick to jump to conclusions with abnormally shaped animals before. A sheep was born in Turkey in 2010 with human-like features, at least according to one photograph, and there are similar reports from Zimbabwe of a goat in 2009.
This sheep was born in 2010 in Turkey with what some consider human-like features. (Image: The Daily Telegraph)
Both times these animals were killed by frightened residents. The Daily Telegraph reports that vets in these cases believed the facial abnormalities were from mutations.
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Comments (313)
Itsjusttim
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:43pmWell it seems to me that the Lord told Noah that all things except the flesh thereof is food for you. So if people won’t eat pork, they must be a pig.
Report Post »Fla Del
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 2:46pmThe gestation period of sheep and human is almost the same. The genetic makeup is close also. A human can impregnate sheep. It has happened before. That is why there is a very stiff penalty for mating with farm animals in most of our western states.
Report Post »And I Say
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:37pmi guess a question that nobody wants to ask is, why is it half white and half black? anything come to mind?
The_Jerk
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:33pmIt was a white sheep. More black on white crime.
Report Post »objectivetruth
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:24pmIts called necrosis.Sounds like a very long and painful birth for the poor sheep.There is something else I could say but I won’t.I promised to be nice today
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:51pm‘HALF SHEEP, HALF HUMAN” Thought this was about Mitt Romney ……..
Wilbur Longshank
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:27pmrichard the lion-hearted
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:14pm
By all these replies I’d say they come from conservatives, and that frankly makes me ashamed to even consider myself one. There was nothing political about this story but you all took the time (and waste of time) to make sick jokes. It‘s more and more obvious to me that many conservatives are NOT good Christians otherwise you would not only NOT be making such sick jokes but you wouldn’t be laughing at them either.
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Why not? head on over to the newsvine and see what they are calling you.
Report Post »TheDM
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:50pmWILBUR LONGSHANK
And that justifies it? What a sick mentality.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:54pmWhat was Barry the HO doing on his vacation? (I bet the Secret Service was really worried about how they’d hush this one up.)
Lucky1
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 6:41pmLUCKY1911
Report Post »It couldn’t possibly be Romney…It was half black, half white…
Maybe another winning politician with big ears comes to mind.
Lucky1
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 6:42pmSorry Lucky1911
Report Post »I meant REPUBLICORP
Lucky1
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 6:47pmSorry Lucky1911
Report Post »I meant to say REPUBLICORP.
hauschild
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:34pmIs it anything like a jack-e-lope?
It gives new meaning to Nigeria…..Where the men are men and the sheep are nervous.
Report Post »lucky1911
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:36pmAre we sure this wasn’t Kenya?
Report Post »Wilbur Longshank
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:12amTheDM
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:50pm
WILBUR LONGSHANK
And that justifies it? What a sick mentality.
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Did you ever hear the saying when in Rome.
Report Post »richard the lion-hearted
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:37pm@Wilbur Longshank
Report Post »I was talking about Christians and conservatives and how many conservatives are NOT good Christians which will ensure that God is never on their side any more than the sick left’s side. You aren’t a Christian…hooray for you, then count yourself with the other side, you just have a different political view.
richard the lion-hearted
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:40pm@Infidelephant
Report Post »All you need to know is that it‘s a ’scientific’ definition firstly, and that the word ‘fact’ and ‘theory’ are not interchangable in a sentence, common sense eludes you my ill-imformed, lost brother.
TH30PH1LUS
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:33pmDarwinists teach that mutations are a good thing.
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:55pmNo they don’t. You are misinformed.
What they “teach” is that, through mutation, a trait MAY occur (but more often not) that is advantageous to the organism within its environment that may allow it a better chance to survive and pass that “mutated” gene to the next generation.
Stop lying to people.
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:00pmNo they don’t. You are misinformed.
What they “teach” is that, through mutation, a trait MAY occur (but more often not) that is advantageous to the organism in its environment. This may then allow it a better chance to survive and pass that “mutated” gene to the next generation.
Stop lying to people.
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:09pmSorry for the double post. Blaze seems to be acting up today.
Report Post »Ohevi
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:16pmDefensive Darwinist? Sounds just like what he said, mutations good-mutations advantageous. Hmmmmm. Sounds pretty much the same to me. Funny darwinists say it’s good, islamists say it’s an abomination. Science says just a mutation. I hate religion of all types. Stupid
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:23pmOnly the laws of DNA show that mutations eventually kill the DNA strand. Once again showing how woefully inept Darwinian macro – evolution is.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:24pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopeful_Monster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJoOhbf3_Ts&feature=related
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:36pmOh, my mistake…
GODDIDIT!
lol
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:46pmSquid: I know how you’re probably going to take this… but sorry man, you are wrong. You are simply wrong. I’m not calling you stupid. I’m not even calling your ignorant. I am calling you wrong.
No law against being wrong, which thankfully, should be comforting to so many people that post here on Blaze.
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:49pm…and just where can I find these “Laws of DNA” – lol…
Report Post »chips1
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:04pmYou have to pass the law before you can see it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »sparkspeaks
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:20pmyeah, we might better bring that Obama Truth Team to work on this one. LOL
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:26pmone. track. minds…
Report Post »richard the lion-hearted
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:22pm@Infidelephant
Report Post »They can “teach” all they want, it’s still only a theory, as a matter of fact, a rather old theory that still hasn’t been proven in any way. So based on that who really cares other than scientists without God in their lives or those who blindly follow their self-aggrandizing ‘theories’ as fact?
Infidelephant
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:48pmGoogle what the SCIENTIFIC DEFINITION of “Theory” means and get back to me…
Or don’t, and stay ignorant.
Report Post »EINSTEIN THE 2ND
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:31pm@INFIDELEPHANT I believe SquidVetOhio was referring to: The law of DNA constancy implies that all cells in a lineage contain genetic information which is both qualitatively and quantitatively identical. A significant mutation would render the DNA useless and incapable of synthesis. In other words, a significant mutation would not render a NEW species but rather USELESS DNA. MACRO-EVOLUTION IS FOOLISH!
The Biology of Human Ageing
Report Post »By Alan Holland Bittles, Kenneth John Collins, Society for the Study of Human Biology, British Society for Research on Ageing
richard the lion-hearted
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:44pm@Infidelephant
Report Post »theory: a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject to experimentation, in contrast to well-established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact.
richard the lion-hearted
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:46pm@Infidelephant
Report Post »All you need to know is that it‘s a ’scientific’ definition firstly, and that the word ‘fact’ and ‘theory’ are not interchangable in a sentence, common sense eludes you my ill-imformed, lost brother.
Believer of God given rights
Posted on February 18, 2012 at 4:56pm@infidelephant
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:49pm
…and just where can I find these “Laws of DNA” – lol…
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The “laws of DNA” he speaks of is more commonly known as the laws of genetics written by Gregor Mendel one of the first to do research into genetics. In addition, if these laws are not enough to prove though the point I think the second law of thermodynamics does that evolution does not exist as the laws states the second law of thermodynamics, which states that the entropy of an isolated system always increases or remains constant. as for evolution to be true the universe through evolution would be leaning towards more order as things become more and more complex while it is quiet the opposite.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:33pmIs it still Kosher?
Report Post »DYNA
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:32pmMay be this story encroaches on the tabloid side of reporting.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:57pmIt does. Then again Nigerians scam Americans out of so much money each year. Maybe this is just R & R for them. When they are not scamming for money they are scamming for sh_ts & giggles.
46 chromosomes for a human & 54 for s sheep. They would need several major miracle for this to work or Photoshop.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:42pmWhat are you talking about Nigerians scamming people?
Haven’t you heard about some nigerian prince that wants to give you his fortune, all he needs is some money and your social security number to deposit his fortunes? It’s real! lol
Report Post »sjohn70037
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:32pmPancho…. you have some ‘splaining to doooo.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:31pmObama struck “bestiality” from the forbidden activies list for a reason. Just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:44pmHahahaha.
Report Post »WithoutGuile
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:30pmReally… is this the National Enquirer…because this is something I didn’t want to know. But then I couldn’t stop myself from clicking on it !! YIKES
Report Post »neocon1
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:29pmreminds me of a Kenyan that lives in a big white house.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:29pmIt’s a Democrat.
Report Post »countryfirst
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:43pmThe democrats already have a suitable mascot, the jackass
Report Post »Stevsea
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:28pmAHA!! So that‘s where the term ’sheeple’ comes from!
Report Post »Seattleman
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:43pmYeah. I don’t see what the big deal is. We have millions of sheeple living here.
Report Post »lbwell
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:00pmGood one ….
Report Post »pattybbb1
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:23amExcellent! Maybe it’s the 13th Imam.
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:27pmThis is what happens when OWS hippies get bored.
Report Post »conservababe2
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:19pmThis song screams to be linked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCRE9qOgbug
Report Post »skiz
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:26pmWe already have one of those except it is half human half jacka$$: obama
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:26pmGod have mercy on this perverse and wicked generation. You have certainly turned the world over to its collective depravity.
May Your will and goodness by done on earth as it is in heaven. I know You know what we can bear but, Lord, every day seems to bring more evil. I, for one, am ready for “Enough!”
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:33pmSeems like I have heard your statement before… is that a “Quote”?
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:00pmNot a quote, per se……it was a combination of several Scriptures sort of formed into a prayer. Happy to provide the Scripture references if you want.
Report Post »RagingJudge
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:10pmYou realize that it is impossible for a sheep to bear an offspring of a human parent, right?
We’d have one hell of a lot of goat-men in As$crakistan if that actually worked.
Speaking of which… guess Muslims ain’t so “devout” after all.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:22pmI honestly have no idea nor do I want to be so “enlightened”……this story is making me sick to my stomach just considering it.
But whether it is possible really wasn’t my point. The fact that the people in Nigeria who were quoted in the article thought that is what happened and your comment suggesting what happens in Afganistan is evil enough for my mind.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:33pmThere is something to be learned, if people will not eat animals then they must be a cannibal, and if people won’t eat vegetables then they must be a vegetable.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:23pmThe Blaze is giving us the important news stories that no other news oganization can.
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:33pmI don’t know, some of those folks in the hills of South Carolina may want to pay attention to this, because before they know, the lefty activist will have them paying child support to sheep they raped… hahahahahaha Sorry SC, just kidding. I don wonder if those in Nigeria are wondering who the father is. Bet my last dollar one of them was raping the animal and this is the reason it was even considered… Haha Can you imagine. ?? Then the natives come to kill him and the guy has to fend them off to protect his half sheep son… haha Sorry, don’t know what got into me today, something funny about all the concern over there though.
Report Post »elihu
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:21pmEeeewwwww! Disgusting!
Report Post »LastAmerican
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:37pmGood one
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:20pm“Danladi, wondered how such a development could happen in a morally upright state like Sokoto where the Islamic faith is so deep.”
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Morally upright? Does he mean honor killings, female mutilations, forgiving unbelievers for saying funny about mohammed?
Robert-CA
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:26pmAll of the above & there’s more .
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:20pmWow. Mohamed was screwing the sheep again. Whood a thunk it.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:59pmIf this could actually happen, it would have already happened in America. Too many people have been screwing animals for a live birth not to happen if it were feasible.
Report Post »SERUM
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:11pm@Walkabout
Report Post »I know it happens…, I’ve had to return a couple Ugg boots that looked kinda odd…
SERUM
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:17pm@Walkabout
I know it happens…, I’ve had to return a couple of Ugg boots that looked kinda odd…
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:19pmQuick, put it in a sewer so a rat can teach it Ninjitsu!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:19pmZoophilia!
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:18pmOh good grief! If this is the kind of foolishness that the Blaze is going to carry, then I’ll look elsewhere for meaningful news.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:20pmBye
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:21pmbye
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:29pmTell The Blaze you want your subscription money back
Report Post »neocon1
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:31pmAMF chimp
Report Post »And I Say
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:33pmbye
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:54pmDon’t let the enter key hit ya on the way out.
Report Post »SERUM
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:25pmKinda foolish you had read the head, read the story, look at the pictures, login, click on reply, and make your stupid comment…brilliant!
Report Post »democritusoilder267
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:16pmIt is always interesting to see how people can look at a deformed animal with human like features and never come to a logical conclusion on why the animal looks this way.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:28pmDEM, I think you just solved the missing link in the evolution theory.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:36pmAnd, yet others cannot use common sense to figure out how AIDS came about.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:53pmI heard VERY early on that it was from Monkey sex, since they have immunities to the AIDS virus. GROSS
Report Post »Infidelephant
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:43pmWhat are you suggesting? That this is the result of some unholy union?
To set your mind at ease, There is no way. Bestiality does happen, but human sperm will not fertilize sheep eggs and there could be no offspring because the number of chromosomes is different. Humans have 46 sheep have 54. Unless the chromosomes in the egg and the sperm match, they won’t link together and form a living thing. Not going to happen.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:43pmEqualJustice
Report Post »No, it passed from monkeys to humans through people eating undercooked monkeys. An African green monkey is about the size of a raccoon. Maybe you could have sex with one, but an adult African male would find it more difficult.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:15pmToo many muslim goat-herder jokes come to mind.
Report Post »shagstar
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:13pmi,just knew, that bwany fwanks and charlie rangle were having an affair!
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:14pmis it muslim
Report Post »hatchetjob
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:20pmThis whole story is so repulsive.
Report Post »BeEtLjOoZ
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 3:58pmAnd will it blend?
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:05pm“wondered how such a development could happen in a morally upright state like Sokoto where the Islamic faith is so deep.”
Osams was deeply islamis too… he would watch child porn with his kids in the room.
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