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The male gazelle has an extra pair of legs growing from its back, but wildlife experts say it seems to be managing fine with the extra appendages.

NEW YORK — A rare six legged mountain gazelle has been spotted in Israel. The male gazelle has an extra pair of legs growing from its back, but wildlife experts say it seems to be managing fine with the extra appendages.

The discovery was made by an Israeli army reservist who, in late March, spotted and then sent a photo of the bizarre looking creature to the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI), an environmental non-profit organization, after noticing that it had “something strange on its back,” according to the SPNI. 

Amir Balaban, a conservationist for SPNI, said in a news release shared with CBS News that the six-legged gazelle had “survived a complex litter and survived as a young …

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