VIDEO: Pig born with MONKEY FACE sends the internet wild
THIS bizarre image of a piglet born with the head of a MONKEY has caused a sensation online.
Mutant Pig with a monkey face
The shocking facial deformity left the mutant pig looking as if it had the head of primate.
Boasting a considerably shortened snout, the animal has earned the nickname 'monkey pig' in photographs that quickly went viral on social media.
A video of the strange creature showed its proud owner holding it up in his arms as a crowd gathered to look at it in the city of Ciego de Avila in central Cuba.
One of the shocked bystanders can be heard saying: "One of a kind, never seen before."
The monkey pig has become an internet sensation
A video of the strange creature showed its proud owner holding it up in his arms
One of a kind, never seen before
There is no surprise the animal caused such a stir - with no snout and a protruding lower jaw, the piglet did indeed look a lot more like a monkey than a pig.
The owner reportedly visited a vet, who explained that the piglet had been born with a congenital defect which caused its look and death - four days after birth.
Some experts have blamed environmental pollution for the creature's defect.
Although the monkey-piglet's condition remains a mystery, didn't stop him becoming something of a local tourist attraction, with people coming from across the area to photograph its remarkable features before it died.
The shocking facial deformity left the mutant pig looking as if it had the head of primate
The animal's proud owner shows him off to the crowds