With a mohawk-style plume of hair and pink flesh covered in leopard-esque spots, the mysterious animal terrified locals in Xinxiang, Henan province
Xinxiang is close to several scientific research centres and a local medical school - and locals became convinced the creature was an experiment gone wrong, on the run from a nearby lab.
One witness said: ‘The pink skin makes it look just like pig gone wrong in some sort of genetic experiment.’
Xinxiang is close to several scientific research centres and a local medical school - and locals became convinced the creature was an experiment gone wrong, on the run from a nearby lab
One witness said: 'The pink skin makes it look just like pig gone wrong in some sort of genetic experiment'
But police say the dog is actually a pedigree breed called a Chinese crested hairless dog is a pet - and expensive.
‘It is definitely a dog, and quite an expensive one at that,’ said a spokesman.
The bizarre breed with just tufts of hair on its head and tail and a bare, spotted body regularly features as a contender in the World's Ugliest Dog contest.
One celebrated example, Yoda (pictured below), won the 2011 World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma Marin Fair for her short tufts of hair, protruding tongue, and long, seemingly hairless legs.
The 1.8lb pooch had lived a rough life before Terry Schumacher found her abandoned behind an apartment building and mistook her for a rat.
The dog went on to bag $1,000 and a trophy 15 times her size when she won the contest held in Petaluma, California last June.
But police say the dog is actually a pedigree breed called a Chinese crested hairless dog is a pet - and expensive
Best paw forward: Yoda was a first-time competitor and beat fierce competition for the title
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man imagine if this thing had blue or indigo skin with spots that glow, then everyone would really freak out.
This look like something that came out of a Japanese carton:D
actually i like it's hair:)
What about bulldogs, greyhounds and yorkshires? when I think their ancestors were wolves, my mouth opens in amazement.
I've seen two dogs like that on the street, and they are really weird but they're dogs.
thats similar to what our international student said jokingly...and my brother walked into the room and saw the picture and said " man thats a face only a mother could love" Those poor dogs... man.
aww that animal by the trophy is cute it looks so helpless...!
but the other one has definately been bred... its expensive cos its so rare.
Money is the root factor why this animal has been bred this way...
awwe too cute!
i'd love cute animals like this anyway;
but its sounds dodgy that a lab happens to be nearby where it lives
no wonder the locals are scared about it being experiment gone wrong! <3
This is not nice and not as nature intended and these experiments must be put to a stop before it goes to far
Gotta agree with you Hollie, science must develop and progress but not at the expense of animals/people or perfectly fine plants for someones sick personal pleasure *award shows*
Go hug a tree.
People like you is what holds a race back.
Science is beauty. It is people like you that halt our race.
There are plenty of ways to evolve. Stop waiting for superman and hugging trees.
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