'Unicorn' deer found in Italy
A deer with a single horn in the centre of its head - much like the fabled, mythical unicorn - has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy.
"This is fantasy becoming reality," Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Centre of Natural Sciences in Prato, said. "The unicorn has always been a mythological animal."
The one-year-old Roe Deer - nicknamed "Unicorn" - was born in captivity in the research centre'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.
"This is fantasy becoming reality," Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Centre of Natural Sciences in Prato, said. "The unicorn has always been a mythological animal."
The one-year-old Roe Deer - nicknamed "Unicorn" - was born in captivity in the research centre'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.
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