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A deer with a single horn in the center of its head has been spotted in an Italian nature preserve, triggering speculation that such anomalies may have helped give rise to unicorn myths, the AP reports. Experts say the year-old deer, born in captivity and nicknamed “Unicorn,” likely has a genetic flaw or experienced trauma early in its life.
Though single-horned deer are unusual but not unheard-of, the horn's central position is rare. "This is fantasy becoming reality," said a park official at Italy's Center of Natural Sciences in Prato. "This shows that even in past times, there could have been animals with this anomaly. It's not like they dreamed it up."
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A deer with a single horn in the center of its head has been spotted in an Italian nature preserve, triggering speculation that such anomalies may have helped give rise to unicorn myths, the AP reports. Experts say the year-old deer, born in captivity and nicknamed “Unicorn,” likely has a genetic flaw or experienced trauma early in its life.
Though single-horned deer are unusual but not unheard-of, the horn's central position is rare. "This is fantasy becoming reality," said a park official at Italy's Center of Natural Sciences in Prato. "This shows that even in past times, there could have been animals with this anomaly. It's not like they dreamed it up."
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Re: Italian Unicorn
06/12Thats awesome. The unicorns horn is supposed to be magical, so now all I have to do is book my trip to Italy, hunt this deer, take its horn, play the lottery and retire in style.
But seriously, that pretty freaking cool!
