Calf With 2 Faces Wins Over Dairyman

[Sequoia]

Star, a calf born with two faces, is getting star treatment from dairyman Kirk Heldreth. Despite her malformed mouth, Star has been feeding from a bottle and is winning over Heldreth, who didn't expect her to live long after her Dec. 27 birth. He had considered donating the calf to Virginia Tech for scientific purposes, or even selling her for show.

"We'd like to keep the calf for a while and see how she does," he said.

Heldreth said he and his family have grown too attached to her to let her become a display piece. Star had been drawing the curious to Heldreth's southwest Virginia farm. He still sees about 40 to 50 visitors daily.

"She amazes us every day," he told the Bristol Herald-Courier.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2007/01/23/national/a132709S04.DTL

[Lyric]

1. The poor little thing is adorable.

I hope she makes it.

[Xithras]

2. You have an odd sense of adorable n/t

I hope she makes it too, but that's just odd looking!

[madrchsod]

3. i wonder what my friends think of that?

[CactusJock]

4. what does that mean "selling her for show"??

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Probably to a circus sideshow or something similar would be

my guess.

[CactusJock]

6. eww, really?

i didn't know they still had those. i hope he stays on the farm