A baby astonished doctors in India when it was born with a rare condition known as 'Mermaid syndrome.'
Tragically the newborn, whose legs had fused together to resemble the mythical creature, only lived for about ten minutes.
The 22-year-old mother, from Sahranpur, in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, had the baby, on Friday morning.
Dr Vandana Arya, 35, a gynaecologist at the hospital who delivered the baby, said: ‘I have never seen a case like this before.
The baby had a condition called Sirenomelia or mermaid syndrome, which is a rare congenital disorder in which the legs are fused together, with an appearance of a mermaid's tail
'We have seen congenital disorders amongst children born with deformities, but this was an extremely rare case.
'The baby was born in a fish-like body, and had its hands spread like fins, which made this case even more unique.
A large group of people gathered at at Sahi Ram Hospital for a glimpse of the remarkable newborn.
Dr Arya said the condition meant it was impossible to determine the gender of the baby.
Sirenomelia, also known as 'Mermaid syndrome' is a life-threatening illness, marked by the rotation and fusion of a sufferer's legs.
The rare congenital deformity causes what looks like a single limb, resembling a fish tail, in the womb.
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