deericorn spotted
I wonder if Greg Gutfeld woul love this little creature.
By Marta Falconi Associated Press
ROME — A deer with a single horn in the
center of its head — much like the fabled, mythical unicorn — has been spotted
in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday.
“This is fantasy becoming reality,” Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Center of Natural
Sciences in Prato, told The Associated Press. “The unicorn has always been a
mythological animal.”
The 1-year-old roe deer — nicknamed “Unicorn” — was
born in captivity in the research center’s park in the Tuscan town of Prato,
near Florence, Tozzi said.
He is believed to have been born with a genetic
flaw; his twin has two horns.
Calling it the first time he has seen such a
case, Tozzi said such anomalies among deer may have inspired the myth of the
unicorn.
The unicorn, a horselike creature with magical healing powers, has
appeared in legends and stories throughout history, from ancient and medieval
texts to the adventures of Harry Potter. READ MORE
