The staff at the Steamboat Veterinary Hospital said the Black Angus calf, which was delivered by cesarean section, had two spines but one head. One leg also had two hooves. picked by suebe 6 months ago

A days-old black Angus calf romps about a central Nebraska farm just like any other _ only this one romps with six legs. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Ellie May Challis battled meningitis as an infant. She recovered, but her arms and legs had to be amputated. She has since used normal prosthetic legs which were were painful and slow. Now five years old, Ellie has new carbon framed legs, the kind amputee sprinters use.
Video Here picked by bingo 8 months ago

A disabled man has condemned a budget airline that told him he must pay to take his spare prosthetic legs on holiday. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

These heartbreaking photos of a mother whale and her calf being dragged to their death by Japanese whalers have been released by the Australian government and greeted with fury by the public. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Adult tucuxi dolphins have been seen trying to kill a newborn calf of their own species.

It is the first record of these dolphins attempting infanticide. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

The woman with Proteus Syndrome has already met orthopedic surgeon Dr William Ertl and prosthetic maker Kevin Carroll to figure out what has to be done with her giant legs. Mandy Sellars' legs are 4 times bigger than the normal size that make her life difficult. picked by chappy 1 year ago

Two unemployed, hungry men stole a calf from a neighbor's barn, shot it with an arrow and slit its throat before roasting its meat, police said. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Mara the whale is capable of great gentleness as she guides her calf, Kell, on an epic journey from the waters off Polynesia where he was born to Antarctica. In almost a human gesture, she wraps a protective flipper around her son. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The unnamed calf was born to a dolphin named Jade, who is being helped in her nursing duties by the mother-daughter team of Chesapeake and Shiloh, the aquarium said in a statement issued to announce the birth. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Five-year-old girl who lost her arms and legs gets revolutionary set of prosthetic limbs.

Don't miss this - it really is a must see! picked by topofall 8 months ago

An international team led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., has developed a prototype of the first fully integrated prosthetic arm that can be controlled naturally, provide sensory feedback and allows for eight degrees of freedom—a level of control far beyond the current state of the art for prosthetic limbs. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Raising her trunk, three-legged Mosha salutes her new prosthetic limb, which means she can get back on the jungle trail.

The young Asian elephant lost her right front leg after stepping on a landmine aged only seven months old. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Judy Stanley embarked on a drastic change of lifestyle and lost eight stones in 12 months after switching to a diet of fresh fruit, vegetables and red meat.
But her rapid weight loss meant she needed a new prosthetic limb almost every month as her remaining leg shrunk in size. picked by bingo 7 months ago

This young girl lost her legs in an accident at three years old. Unable to afford the cost of prosthetics, Qian’s parents came up with the idea of sitting her on a basketball, which, with the aid of a couple of brushes that double as low-level crutches, enabled her to move herself by bouncing around. After many years, she was fitted with new titaniums and is learning to walk again. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

Mark Krombholz had to look twice at his new calf, Lucy — one time for each nose. "I didn't notice anything too different about her until I got her in the barn," Krombholz said, "and all of a sudden I went to feed her a bottle of milk, and I thought maybe she'd been kicked in the nose and there were two noses there." picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Big Lake, Alaska, resident Randy Richards and his family didn't take it lying down when an Alaska state trooper suggested a baby moose they rescued should be shot. More information at link in article. picked by suebe 6 months ago

Qila, a 12-year-old beluga whale, yesterday endured three hours of labour before giving birth to a 1.5m calf in a large private pool at Vancouver Aquarium in Canada.

Edited to add video. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

It is one of the rarest and most magical sights in the natural world. A bottlenose dolphin goes into labour . . . then a calf emerges, tail first. Mother guides baby gently to the surface, where they swim together for the first time. Very few dolphin births have been captured on film in such astonishing detail. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Watercliffe Meadow primary in Sheffield is to be known as a "place for learning" after governors decided that the traditional description sounded too "institutional". picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago