Can a sheep give birth to a puppy?

Liu Naiying, a farmer in China (yes, that China), believes he has found a different kind of sheepdog on his farm, a hybrid of sheep and dog. According to the Daily Mail, he found the strange baby shortly after it was born. 

I was herding the sheep, and saw a sheep licking her newborn lamb on the grassland. The lamb was still wet. When I went up close to check on the lamb I was shocked because it looked so weird, like a cross between a sheep and a dog. I was a bit frightened, as I've been raising sheep for 20 years and had never seen such a creature.

The baby has wool like a lamb, but the paws, tail, mouth, eyes, and nose look like a  puppy. Thousands of people have been flocking to the farm to see the supposed puppy-lamb.

However, Yue Guozhang, a scientist at an animal husbandry technology center, said that is not possible for a dog to impregnate a sheep since they are different species. He believes it is just an abnormal lamb.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't see much resemblance to the mother. It looks like a cute mixed breed puppy to me rather than a mutant lamb, but who am I to argue with China which (have I mentioned lately?) censors my blog?

Comments

[threecollie]

ONLY in China. lol Looks like a dog to me.

[Doug]

I'm thinking that's a dog.

I've heard that I am censored in Saudi Arabia. And at my mother's house. But those are just rumors.

[denny]

Does it eat meat or grass?

[Tracey]

I'm with you ... it's just a cute little mixed breed puppy - those ears are divine! :)

[Clive]

Looks very like a puppy to us! In fact just like a labadoodle puppy!!

[georgia little pea]

This sheep-dog intrigues me. But what I'm really interested in now is finding out why your blog is censored in China. Do tell :)

[Jan]

When I first started the blog I had readers in China and I had fun emailing people who had dogs and were interested in learning more about dogs in America. Then suddenly my map of world readers from Stat Counter showed no one from China.

This is a post where I first discovered my blog was not allowed through to China. The link is now inactive probably because China doesn't allow much to get through from the western world to its citizens.

Is your blog censored in China?

[Jessi]

Yeah that just looks like an ADORABLE puppy.

[jackie]

think chinese guy been out in sun to long..cause we know if it could happen the new born would look like him..heeheh
wonder if china sensors my blog.

[Lori @ According to Gus]

Hmmm...that looks like a puppy to me too!

[Brooke in TX]

Does it have hooves, or paws?

[Brooke in TX]

hmmmm .... also, sheep do NOT have tails like this.

[Jan]

Paws

jan

[Jan]

Strange things happen in China. Just consider the source of the story. Anyway they are both cute.