Thursday, December 14, 2006

7-legged deer killed in FdL County

What has seven legs, male and female reproductive organs and nub antlers?

It sounds like a bad joke, but it’s what Rick Lisko found in his driveway late last month.

Lisko hit the seven-legged nub buck while driving his truck through the woods down his mile-long driveway near Mud Lake in the town of Osceola on Nov. 22.

The small buck had run underneath his truck, Lisko said. When he got out to look at the deer he noticed three- to four-inch appendages growing from the rear legs and later found a smaller appendage growing from one of the front legs.

“It’s a pretty weird deer. It kind of gives you the creeps when you look at it,” said Lisko, who described the extra legs as looking like “crab pinchers.”

“It was definitely a freak of nature,” Lisko said. “I guess it’s a real rarity.”

With photo of Rick Lisko holding "extra legs".

Update: There are more photos here.

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