Doctors bid to separate legs of 'mermaid' baby

A Peruvian medical team is preparing for a pioneering operation to separate the fused legs of a nine-month-old girl born with a rare condition known as sirenomelia, or “mermaid syndrome”.

Milagros Cerron, dubbed the “little mermaid” because her fused legs and separated feet resemble the tail of a fish, is one of only three people in the world known to have the strange condition.