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7 seriously weird animal stories
From a sheep crossed with a goat, to a bull having his ACL operated on, we’ve rounded up some of the quirkiest animal stories.
Murphy saw a goat trying to mate with his Cheviot sheep but didn’t think anything of it until a nimble, black, horned kid-lamb turned up.
Irish farmer Paddy Murphy, from Ballymore Eustace claims to have bred a geep.
You've got to be kidding
Brett Batchaldor's hen, Dotty, went for a wiggly snack of a two foot tiger snake. Brett and his partner pulled the snake out of Dotty, and she waddled off, completely fine.
The very hungry chook
When Texas Powerplay P163, the $108,000 Angus bull vanished for two weeks from Kelly’s Angus stud near Yea, it garnered national attention.
The case of the missing bull
A helicopter was brought in to search for the bull, who was eventually found just 3km from home.
This five-foot Eastern Brown snake came off second best when it got caught in the cog and chain of Kate Nolan’s bike. son’s bike.
Hitching a ride
This doe did wonders for the population of the rare Nigerian Dwarf goat when it gave birth to quadruplets.
A family... of how many?
Angus bull Te Mania Emperor E343, bought for $91,000 in 2011 by a syndicate headed by Murdeduke Angus, suffered an ACL (knee) injury in the paddock.
Spring in his step
That meant groundbreaking surgery for the 1250kg Emperor who was operated on at Geelong Veterinary Clinic.
It took three veterinary surgeons using 700-pound Marlin fishing line and stainless steel plates to stabilise the joint.
Rogue sheep
Baarack, the Merino, was found wandering the Cobaw State Forest near Lancefield.The sheep had a 35kg overgrown fleece — at least five years’ worth of growth.
Following his rescue, Baarack was cared for at Edgar’s Mission, a not-for-profit farm sanctuary in Lancefield that caters for animals in need.
After the fleece was shorn, it went on display at Geelong's National Wool Museum.
																											

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