Do Unicorns Exist?

Let me hit myself on the head with a large mallet first, please.

why would u do that?
unicorns are beautiful

There’s probably been a couple here and there as a mutation of some kind. More than likely they weren’t big beautiful horses, though. But, then, neither were the original, fantastical, unicorns. Probably more like a goat, or other dual horned critter.

Is the Pope Catholic?

“Unicorns” are just the name given to a particular species of goat whose horns grow intertwined. All early myths of the unicorn give the animal the characteristics of a goat (including the billy-goat beard) – not a shiny horse.

I am trying my damnedest to remember the name of that animal… there’s a herd of them at Busch Gardens.

Here it is!

Egyptians used to bind the horns of oryx together to make them appear like they had one horn. Soon their horns would grow together. This may be where the unicorn myths began.

thanks
and yes i do believe the pope is a bit catholic ;)
thank you thats really cool

Sea Unicorns exist, and in my opinion, are more interesting than their land-based counterparts.

ohh seaunicorns!~!!!!
i must loook into that…

the ones from fairy tales…..i dont think so…. it’s with the gold over the rainbow

http://www.lair2000.net/Unicorn_Dreams/Unicorns_Man_Made/lancelot2.jpg

There is a technique which involves surgery on a baby goat (or cow, sheep, deer etc) because at this age the horn-buds are not fused to the skull. They can be moved around and re-attached where they will fuse and grow into a single horn.

All mythological creatures are real imaginations in our minds materializing in our hippocampuses and symbolizing real aspects of human psychology. Unicorns, angels, dragons, tribbles, and regulan bloodworms.

@mattbrowne: It’s not a hippocampus, it’s a helephant.

@gailcalled :-)

@mattbrowne:I stole that line from a British comedy duo. Flanders and Swann did several world tours with their At the Drop of a Hat, and At the Drop of Another Hat.

The original line was, “It’s not irrelevant, it’s a Hippopotamus.

Hippopotamus Song

(Second chorus is sung in Russian.)

@gailcalled Can I borrow your mallet?

The Lore of the Unicorn, by Odell Shepard, gives a great deal of information on the various possible origins of the unicorn myth, from tales of the narwhal and its tusk to the wondrous legendary realm of Prester John to traditional beliefs that a cup made of unicorn horn was proof against poison—one reason why kings were highly motivated to find (and pay for) unicorn horns, and why so many enterprising adventurers were thus motivated to find them.

In reality, no, dear, there are no unicorns. They are an idea that some people like to believe in and some people like to make stories about, but they belong to the same fictional world as dragons, faeries, and magic wands.

@gailcalled – Wonderful !

@mattbrowne: Oh, goody. A new acolyte. Listen to some of the other songs. They are original and clever both lyrically and musically. Flanders had polio and performed from a wheel chair; Swann was the pianist, linguist and second banana. They made billions and still have a huge fan club.

They wrote a series of animal songs, none sadly about unicorns. (“I’m a gnu, a gnother gnu; I’d really like to ganash my teeth at you.”