He’s baa-baa-gantuan: Lambzilla of newborns is biggest in the world

Sunday 6 Apr 2014 9:37 pm

It’s the time of year when newborn lambs full of the joys of spring frolic in the fields.

But when you’re the size of this humongous fellow, gambolling about isn’t as easy as it’s cracked up to be.

He has been named Goliath after tipping the scales at 10kg (22.5lb) – making him the biggest spring lamb in the world.

Ann Endicott, who has been lambing with her husband, David, for 13 years, said that she had never seen anything like it.

Goliath was born on Thursday at the couple’s farm in Wellington, Somerset. Mrs Endicott, 49, said: ‘He is amazing. Thankfully, the mother didn’t suffer during the birth.

‘My husband was helping her and he noticed that the lamb had extremely big feet.

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Lamb learns to walk without front legs

A lamb born without front legs has learned how to walk like a human solely on his back limbs.

The sight of the courageous sheep so moved a cancer sufferer that he bought it to inspire him in his personal fight against the disease.

The legless lamb was born in Liucheng village in Zhoukou city, part of central China's Henan province.

The lamb was born in this August, one of a litter of four. His siblings were all healthy but he lacked his two front limbs.

"I am in my 60s, but it's the first time that I have seen such a lamb. I thought it would die sooner or later, so I just kept it to see when it dies. However, it surprised me one month later when the lamb began to learn to walk on its back legs," said the lamb's original owner Lin Zhao.

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Spot the difference

It's difficult to tell which is the most confused after a Dalmatian dog adopted a lamb with a spotty coat.

The black and white lamb was born at a dog breeder's farm in South Australia's Barossa Valley.

After being rejected by his mother he was quickly adopted by dog Zoe and the pair are now inseparable, much to the amusement of breeders John and Julie Bolton.

Zoe was quick to show the abandoned lamb love and affection - licking her adoptive son affectionately and generally taking care of him.

Now the spotty lamb, a cross between a pure-bred white Dorper ram and a Dorper and Van Rooy ewe, happily follows her around the farm and even sleeps inside the dog kennel.

Mrs Bolton said the confused little lamb had even tried to suckle from Zoe but had to make do with a bottle instead.

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