The goat works normally despite having a deformed face, worshiped by the villagers as the embodiment of the gods.
It is possible that it is deformed due to a rare birth defect called cyclopia, which forms in the fetus when the left and right hemispheres of the brain do not separate as is normal in early embryonic stages. This leads to the formation of a central hollow cavity with a single eye, sometimes partially fused or separate. Eyelashes and eyelids are both non-existent.
The upper and lower lip are still formed but are usually very small, with the upper jaw short and toothless, causing the tongue of the animal to protrude. This syndrome also occurs in many other animals such as horses, pigs, cows, cats and sharks.
In 2017, the one-eyed goat was born in the village of Assam, India. It also has only one complete ear, no nose, eyelids and eyelashes, and abnormally small and incomplete teeth. Veterinarians predicted the newborn goat would die within a few days but it survived.
