A curious animal case has been filmed in a remote village in Thailand. Villagers have been left bewildered after a baby buffalo was born with dark scaly skin – just like that of a reptile.

As a crowd of villagers surround the dead animal, which has been placed on a table, they light incense and candles, honouring it as an omen, a sign of good luck for both the village and the family to whom the water buffalo belonged. The creature died soon after birth.

The villagers are definitely not perturbed by this odd creature. I wonder how many times this has occurred? Poor baby.

[source: stuff]