The baby who was born in Sahranpur, in Uttar Pradesh, India lived clung to life for about 10 minutes and died. A 22-year-old Indian woman was delivered of the baby on Friday morning with legs fused together as a result of a condition known as ‘Sirenomelia or Mermaid Syndrome.’  This condition is extremely fatal and rare congenital disorder, most babies born with it die within days of being born due to kidney and bladder failure. It is characterized by rotation and fusion of lower extremities, resulting in what in most cases looks like a fish tail. The condition is believed  to occur when umbilical cord fails to form two arteries, thereby preventing adequate blood supply from reaching the fetus. It affects 1 out of 100,000 live births and 100 times more likely to occur in identical twins. Very unfortunate.