


Have you ever heard the legends of the Unicorn? I was browsing articles about dinosaurs and came upon the Unicorn by accident. It's not related to dinosaurs obviously but somehow I stumbled upon it. There are many creatures that spawn the legend. And it's a legend in almost every country, how could that be? I couldn't figure it out either. You can find creatures of all types that inspired it. There were deer-like creatures that had horns in the middle of their head. There were Karkadanns that resembled rhinos. Other depictions of the same creature sound more like a deer or horse. And the truth is there have been plenty of animals that accidentally had one horn in the middle of their head. Even a Narwhal has a unicorn-like horn. I've even seen a cat that had a horn grow on its head by accident. And a person or two have had small horns from birth. So the horn mutation is really common. There's no reason why a horse couldn't have that accidentally happen, after all it would only take one with that mutation to start such a legend. One would be enough to start all the stories. It's feasible too, a horse could use the protection especially if they were around a long time ago when other more vicious creatures were alive at the same time. Think about it, almost every creature has a relative before our current version that was more prehistoric in nature. Even a horse has creatures that led up to it. So why couldn't there be one that had a horn? There could too, especially if they lived in the same time period as many other creatures with horns, which was around the time of Oreodonts and Hyaenadons. Basically, prehistoric mammals before the ice age. And well, a horse is rather helpless, so there's no reason why a more prehistoric version couldn't have had such a mutation for survival. The most important part is that if even only one horse had a horn grow on its head like the deer someone found recently or the cat with a horn I mentioned then it wouldn't matter if no others were ever found. Even sharks and rats have had the same mutation. And dinosaurs. Many creatures have had that happen, it's an accident. Whether it's an accident or not though is where I'm able to understand how that could've been a reality. And if that were a more prehistoric version of a horse then it makes sense because most animals grow into more docile looking animals with enough time and evolution. Oh you know what... there was an animal, the Titanotheres, large animals that resembled rhinos with blunt two pronged horns on their snouts, believe it or not they were ancient relatives to horses, among other animals. A so-called "unicorn" would be the missing link!!! I'm willing to bet they did exist at one time, we just never witnessed it unless it were a mutation anomaly in a horse. Rememeber, most animals that were bigger back then had horns and were much more hard tempered. A unicorn would be a savage creature. Part of me wonders about whether a person could have found one in medieval days though. That's how all those medieval legends come about you know, they're all based on something. The top pic is from a unicorn museum about the history of the legends.

Guest Commentator HARVESTER OF SORROW says: "Chicks really dig the horns!"