In the state of Idaho, a mountain lion was shot, which differed from others in some peculiarity, previously such phenomena were not noticed.
The government's statement on the highly publicized trophy was published on the Idaho State Journal website. According to department officials, the beast was killed in southeastern Idaho, near the city of Preston. The pictures posted on the Internet show that an additional set of fangs grows from one ear of the animal. The department noted that the lion was shot legally. At the end of December last year, he attacked a dog from a local farmer. The dog survived, but the lion was hunted. “The lion has an unusual anomaly. On the left side of the animal's forehead there are fully formed teeth and, it seems, a mustache,”the department noted.
According to the official version of the authorities, the anomalies are the result of the fact that inside the mother's womb the lion was not alone, but with its twin, and as a result, the animals grew together in such an unusual way. One fruit "swallowed" the other. Experts also do not exclude teratoma - a rare type of tumor (including the brain), which is a semblance of organs. Simply put, tumors in the form of fingers, teeth, and so on. Previously, such a deformation in Idaho has never been seen, the statement said.
Mountain lions live in Idaho in a large population, however, due to their natural secrecy, they rarely catch the eye of humans. An exception is cold winters, when the prey of these predators moves to the warmer foothills.