the six-legged deer.

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Mhmm, it has two rear ends,

Mhmm, it has two rear ends, not sure if it was just a birth defect or some kind of mutation. There's a video of it walking around as well. (you'll need to turn up your volume for this video, it's very very quiet for some reason)

Another video for you

From what I've heard, it didn't survive though. I think they tried to amputate some of the legs but it killed the deer.
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very nearly as rare as the

very nearly as rare as the albino deer

Usually what's the case when

Usually what's the case when things like that happen is that the baby had a twin, started to absorb it, but didn't finish before it was born.

Also, it's much, much rarer than Albinos. Albinism, while rare, is a genetic anomaly which causes the skin to completely lose pigmentation, and can show up every few generations if an animal has albino ancestors. What happened with this fawn is similar to conjoined or Siamese twins, which only has a 1 in 50, 000 to 1 in 100, 000 chance of happening. Albinism has a 1 in 17, 000, which means it's much more likely to happen.

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Because knowledge is power!

Because knowledge is power! -shot; skuttles off-
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Duly.

Duly.Smiling