Mutant cyclops piglet in Cuba has the face of a chimpanzee

A farmer was left baffled when his sow gave birth to a piglet that looks like a chimpanzee and has just one eye in the middle of its face.

The strange-looking creature was born in the San Juan y Martinez area of western Cuba's Pinar del Rio Province.

The brown piglet has a face and ears just like a chimp while its nine pink siblings are all completely normal.

Mutant: A farmer was left baffled when his sow gave birth to a piglet that looks like a chimpanzee and has just one eye in the middle of its face

Mutant: A farmer was left baffled when his sow gave birth to a piglet that looks like a chimpanzee and has just one eye in the middle of its face

The bizarre little pig's terrified owner called out the vet as soon as he saw it.

And villagers have been flocking to see the unusual creature, which has to be held by its owners so that it can suckle at its mother's teat.

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The vet has taken blood samples to investigate how the abnormal piglet developed in the way that it has.

Videos and photographs are proving popular with viewers after being shared online.

The strange-looking creature was born in the San Juan y Martinez area of western Cuba. The brown piglet has a face and ears like a chimp, but its nine siblings are all completely normal

The strange-looking creature was born in the San Juan y Martinez area of western Cuba. The brown piglet has a face and ears like a chimp, but its nine siblings are all completely normal

The piglet is helped by the farmer's wife so it can feed alongside its normal brothers and sisters

The piglet is helped by the farmer's wife so it can feed alongside its normal brothers and sisters

They show the farmer's wife holding the critter by its front legs so it is standing on its back legs, accentuating its chimp-like appearance.

The woman is also seen holding the piglet in her hands so that it can feed alongside its normal brothers and sisters.

Its unusual appearance is believed to have been caused by a genetic mutation. 

The bizarre little pig's terrified owner called out the vet as soon as he saw it

The bizarre little pig's terrified owner called out the vet as soon as he saw it

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