someguy3toShowerthoughts@lemmy.world·10 months agoedit-210 months agoThe word Unicorn is uni-corn, as in one corn(horn).message-squarearrow-up155arrow-down128message-square26file-textfedilink
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareThe word Unicorn is uni-corn, as in one corn(horn).someguy3toShowerthoughts@lemmy.world·10 months agoedit-210 months agomessage-square26file-textfedilink
minus-squareLillyPiparrow-up5arrow-down0·10 months agolinkfedilink According to Pliny, a creature with a horse’s body, deer’s head, elephant’s feet, lion’s tail, and one black horn two cubits long projecting from its forehead That’s a pretty good description of Elasmotherium. https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/a1d84b4a-ac2d-4856-8eee-bc49e543f9ee.jpeg Pliny should have missed the last Elasmotherium by like 100,000 years, though, give or take a few years.
That’s a pretty good description of Elasmotherium.
https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/a1d84b4a-ac2d-4856-8eee-bc49e543f9ee.jpeg
Pliny should have missed the last Elasmotherium by like 100,000 years, though, give or take a few years.