'It was normal size, but smaller than a hand,' the Australian finder of the odd amphibian told Newsweek. 'It just hopped at a normal toad speed.'
in the world. One resident has taken pictures of a toad with five legs hopping around his backyard.
Michael Messenger, from Ipswich in Queensland, Australia, was sitting in his yard when the strange creature emerged from the bushes.."It just hopped at a normal toad speed." The five-legged toad as photographed by Michael Messenger. The toad has a condition known as polymelia."It had an extra part. It just looked like a normal toad, except it had a leg as a tail," Messenger told
News Australia."I don't think [the extra leg] has any function. It just drags behind, but it looks weird.". This often arises from a genetic defect in the growing fetus, which leads to abnormal cell division and growth. Occasionally, one of a pair of conjoined twins may be absorbed into the other. Some of its limbs are left attached to the remaining fetus. And sometimes, if a fetus is damaged physically or by chemical influence, the development of the limbs can be altered.
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