The rather strange-looking animal was born in a litter of 15 piglets eight of which survived in Guizhou Province, China, on December 3.
But unlike its siblings, the creature cannot feed on its own so its owner is forced to bottle feed it.
The animal is described as having two holes as the nose and an overbite that leaves its long tongue protruding from its mouth.
Its two eyes, of different sizes, also stick out from its head.
Due to the shape of its mouth, the animal cannot suckle like the other piglets in the litter.
The owner Ms. Lin, a vegetable farmer, has been feeding the creature milk each day, People's Daily reported.
Lin, from Zhijin county in China’s western Guizhou province, said the piglet scared her at first.
She told Chinese news site 6Park: ”I am already 63 years old and have never seen a pig look like this.”
She said: “The piglet is very small, so in order to take care of it at any time, it basically sleeps with me."
She added that visitors had come from miles around to see the creature, and some had offered generous sums for it, but she refused.
It is unclear what the piglet will grow up to look like or whether it will survive for long but its appearance has stirred hot debate in China.
One 163.com, several people blamed pollution while others also blamed genetically modified foodstuffs for the mutation.
However, many people also joked that the pig 'had an affair'.
Mutant pigs have been cropping up around the world.
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Source: Daily Mail, Daily Star, 6Park, News 163, People's Daily China
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But unlike its siblings, the creature cannot feed on its own so its owner is forced to bottle feed it.
The animal is described as having two holes as the nose and an overbite that leaves its long tongue protruding from its mouth.
Its two eyes, of different sizes, also stick out from its head.
Due to the shape of its mouth, the animal cannot suckle like the other piglets in the litter.
The owner Ms. Lin, a vegetable farmer, has been feeding the creature milk each day, People's Daily reported.
Lin, from Zhijin county in China’s western Guizhou province, said the piglet scared her at first.
She told Chinese news site 6Park: ”I am already 63 years old and have never seen a pig look like this.”
She said: “The piglet is very small, so in order to take care of it at any time, it basically sleeps with me."
She added that visitors had come from miles around to see the creature, and some had offered generous sums for it, but she refused.
It is unclear what the piglet will grow up to look like or whether it will survive for long but its appearance has stirred hot debate in China.
One 163.com, several people blamed pollution while others also blamed genetically modified foodstuffs for the mutation.
However, many people also joked that the pig 'had an affair'.
Mutant pigs have been cropping up around the world.
Music: "Cambodian Odyssey" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Source: Daily Mail, Daily Star, 6Park, News 163, People's Daily China
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/patryn.worldlatestnews
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