The piglet was born with its back legs missing and has mastered the art of balancing on its front trotters.

The heartwarming clip featured on the People's Daily Online shows the young animal taking unsteady steps, wobbling about with its snout to the ground, foraging for food. 

There are several occasions it looked close to tipping over but remarkably the piglet always manages to regain its balance.

It happily mixes with the rest of the litter, which have all been born with a full complement of legs. 

The piglet belongs to farmer, Ms Duan, from Qionglai City in Sichuan Province, south western China. 

Since its birth, villagers have flocked to take a peek at the curious animal. 

Ms Duan said: 'When the piglets were feeding I noticed something strange with one of them. 

'When I picked it up I could see it had no hind legs.' 

It is not the first animal with two legs instead of four to win plaudits in China. A rabbit at Liuzhou Zoo became a star attraction after learning to walk on its front paws.

Many tourists in China's Guangxi Province have been taking a detour to see the furry star hop on its front paws.

(dailymail.co.uk)