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A mutant pig born with the face of an elephant and no mouth has been discovered after being born in a rubbish tip.

The bizarre footage shows the strange-looking creature barely moving, in the northern Argentine province of Salta.

It appears to have an elephant-like trunk and also big flappy ears synonymous with the largest land mammals on the planet.

Jose Fernandez found the animal along with more than 10 other piglets.

He can be heard saying in the video: "This morning, a piglet was born.

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"A piglet that had a head like an elephant and no mouth."

Sadly, the elephant-piglet did not live for more than a few minutes after being born.

Another clip shows the lifeless body of the piglet lying next to its siblings – which also died despite seemingly having no malformations.

It is unclear if the case is being investigated or what caused the mutation.

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Footage of the poor animal has gone viral since being posted online, with dozens commenting their thoughts.

"Poor animal," one wrote. "If it did not have a mouth, how could it have eaten anything?

"My cat once gave birth to a kitten like this, I guess nature sometimes gets it wrong or something strange must have happened?"

It is not the first time an animal has been born with a fatal malformation.

A cow was born with two heads last week in what was described as “one of the world’s most unique cases”.