A PUPPY was born with eight legs in Vaini of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. Incredible photographs reveal the newborn has two bodies joined at the chest with two sets of front legs, two sets of back legs — and complete with two tails.

    The black and white puppy was one of her five siblings to have abnormalities.

    Vukitangitau Maloni, from Tonga, who took the images soon after it was born, said the whole community was shocked and speechless at the animals extra legs.

    “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Maloni said.

    “She was struggling to crawl and unfortunately, she died a few hours later. My neighbor’s dog gave birth to five other healthy puppies but she was the cutest out of them.”

    Veterinary nurse Erica Fairleigh, from Wollongong, New South Wales, said most deformed animals don’t usually survive beyond a few hours after birth.

    “Without very good veterinary care, the pup would have died quickly unfortunately,” Fairleigh said.

    “I’ve never seen or heard of any dogs born this way but it could be a result of many factors such as poor genetics and bad nutrition during gestation. It looks like two pups that didn’t quite separate and there are deformities in the face too like a cleft pallet. Her face looks quite blue, which are signs of not enough oxygen.”

    (SD-Agencies)