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Single-Horned Deer Excites Fantasy Fans

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:21 AM EDT
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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.

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rottlady

Single-horned deer are rare but not unheard of - but even more unusual is the central positioning of the horn, experts said.

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Reply#1 - Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:21 AM EDT
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geminisunset

Very strange - makes you wonder what other "mystical" creatures might be real!

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Reply#2 - Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:36 PM EDT
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rottlady

You never know...Thanks for stopping by.

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#2.1 - Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:44 PM EDT
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MartinEZ

Shiva might have roots in reality as well. Pic (might disturb some viewers)

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#2.2 - Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:05 PM EDT
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O-K

Good picture and good story
Next, Bigfoot?

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Reply#3 - Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:54 PM EDT
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rottlady

I think the picture was a mock up, best I could tell anyway....

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#3.1 - Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:16 PM EDT
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O-K

Avatar change?

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Reply#4 - Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:54 PM EDT
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rottlady

Yes, I thought it was a fun change....

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#4.1 - Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:15 PM EDT
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Captain Nemo

Dude. Isn't the unicorn supposed to be some sort of horse?

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Reply#5 - Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:50 PM EDT
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rottlady

Yes, they just named this deer after a horse.....?

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#5.1 - Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:53 PM EDT
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rottlady

I can't believe I scooped the AP post here by 18 mins....

Single-horned 'Unicorn' deer is found in Italy
Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:49 AM CDT

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Reply#6 - Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:19 PM EDT
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Moved Cross Country

Years back I attended a seminar regarding whitetailed deer. The speaker presented a slide show depicting some examples of antler growth that had been 'tampered with' by biologists. The cells that grow antlers had been 'seeded' into the center of the skull and yes, the antlers grew there as well.

Don't recall exactly what the seminar was totally about, but I do think it was somehow related to the possibility of being able to duplicate the procedure......albiet with human cells, to stimulate regrowth of injured bones for humans.

Geez....that had to have been somewhere around '87 or so.

Wonder if this pictured example....had some sort of injury? Or, just a fluke?

Thanks for posting this!

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Reply#7 - Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:50 PM EDT
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rottlady

Wonder if this pictured example....had some sort of injury? Or, just a fluke?

Who knows. Anything is possible, it may be PhotoShop for all I can tell.

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#7.1 - Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:28 PM EDT
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