A goat has been born in the northeastern Indian state of Assam with a single, central eye – just like a mythical cyclops from Greek legend.

Since its birth on May 10, the unusual-looking creature has received enormous local and international attention, for obvious reasons. Have a closer look at it in the video below:

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People from nearby villages and towns have been pouring in to visit the goat on a daily basis. "I believe this goat will bring luck to my home," the goat's owner, Mukhuri Das, told Caters News earlier this week.

The goat's condition is called cyclopia. It's a rare birth defect mostly affecting mammals in which the two hemispheres of the brain fail to separate during development in the mother's womb. As a result of that, the skull only forms a single eye socket.

Cyclopia also leads to various other physical abnormalities – Assam's cyclops is missing an ear, eyelashes, and most of its nose.

These abnormalities, along with underdeveloped brains, usually kill infants with cyclopia within hours or days. Clearly then, local vets didn't think the goat would last long, but the little guy has beaten the odds and survived more than a week now.

The precise cause of the goat's condition hasn't been identified, but genetic defects and toxins absorbed by the mother can cause cyclopia.

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