WATCH: Meet Dobby the dog the doppelgänger of Harry Potter house elf
THIS newborn puppy resembles an elephant rather than a dog after he was born with what appears to be a trunk.
Puppy looks like Dobby
The pup has been likened to Dobby, the house elf from Harry Potter, thanks to his unusual appearance.
Owner Eduardo Landin from Banda in the Argentinian province of Santiago del Estero said he was shocked to see the unique puppy for the very first time.
The 35-year-old said: "It was kind of similar but also shockingly different to the other puppies, so I realised it was in some way deformed and at first I thought it was dead.
"But then I saw it moving and trying to feed, so I helped it over to the mother and it managed to drink something but it's nose kept getting in the way."
Now to Mr Landin's amazement, word has quickly spread that the tiny animal is a doppelgänger of the character in the Harry Potter movies.
He said: "I was amazed at how quickly word spread and loads of people are coming round to look at the tiny puppy, and take pictures and videos.
"One of the children that came round said it looked like a character from the Harry Potter movie and that's what everyone is calling it in the local media here."
Puzzled vets have said they do not think the tiny puppy will live much longer but told Mr Landin to return in 15 days if it is still alive.
Friends of the family, Andrea Rico, 43, and Marcela Davila, 40, are now looking after the pup and trying to keep it alive.
Andrea said: "The mother has not rejected the puppy but he does have difficulty sucking, as his trunk gets in the way and it's like his drowning."
Locals are now speculating that the dogs deformation was due to the use of pesticides on farmland in the region, although they admitted they had never seen anything similar before.
Mr Landin added: "We have had a few calls from people telling us it's evil and we need to kill it and burn the body. But that's just superstition talking, it is a mutation but it isn't evil."
