Chinese farmer, Liu Naiying, believes that one of his sheep has given birth to a dog on his farm in China recently.

The`lamb-puppy`has wool like a lamb but its mouth, nose, eyes, paws and tail look more like those of a dog.Thousands of people have visited Mr Liu`s Shaanxi province farm to see for themselves.

`I was herding the sheep, and saw a sheep licking her newborn lamb on the grassland,` Mr Liu said.`When I went up to check I was shocked because it looked so weird, like a cross between a sheep andadog.

`I was a bit frightened, as I`ve been raising sheep for 20 years and had never seen such a creature.

Researcher Yue Guozhang said, `It`s likely that this is just an abnormal lamb`.m