A farmer in China claims that one of its sheep gave birth to a dog, which has had hundreds of people flocking to see the wooly “lamb-puppy.”

Liu Naiying says he came across the lamb-puppy in one of his fields shortly after it was born. He saw one of the sheep licking the creature, which looked like it came fresh from the womb.

“I was herding the sheep, and saw a sheep licking her newborn lamb on the grassland. The lamb was still wet,’ he said.

“When I went up close to check on the lamb I was shocked because it looked so weird, like a cross between a sheep and a dog.

“I was a bit frightened, as I’ve been raising sheep for 20 years and had never seen such a creature.”

Although the creature has the wool of a lamb’s, its mouth, nose, eyes, paw and tail are very dog-like. It even behaves like a puppy, despite being in the company of sheep.

Veterinarians were quick to dismiss the animal as a young sheepdog that wandered into the farmer’s fields.