A strange video has surfaced of a lamb with a face similar to a human.

The lamb born in the village of Chirka, close to Dagestan, Russia has eyes, nose and a mouth similar to a human's - with only its ears similar to a sheep.

Blasius Lavrentiev, the sheep farmer responsible for the lamb said "We had quite a tough winter and when I noticed she [the mother] was pregnant, I was delighted as it meant I would be able to sell the lambs and start making some money again.

"But when I went down to see how it was going I nearly died from shock when I saw what looked like the hairy face of an old man staring up at me."