BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agoThe word Unicorn is uni-corn, as in one corn(horn).message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareThe word Unicorn is uni-corn, as in one corn(horn).BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months ago 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. 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.
Pliny should have missed the last Elasmotherium by like 100,000 years, though, give or take a few years.