In June 2008, A young deer nicknamed
"Unicorn" has attracted hundreds of curious visitors to a nature conservation in Tuscany, Italy.
Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, northwest of Florence said, "The one-year-old deer was born in captivity with a congenital genetic defect that gave him only one horn right in the middle of his head." Deer that had a normal twin with two horns on his head.
Community conservation center is immediately flooded to see the rare deer. In a few days carrying more than 200 visitors who came to the area of 1 hectare.
"We received so many calls from people and many came to see first hand the deer. Sometimes deer that boldly approached the fence visitors despite the fact that she is shy deer," said Tozzi.
One-horned deer are rare animals classified as though it does not mean there is no previous. but experts say that the deer with one horn right in the middle of the head is something never seen before. Tozzi said that this anomaly may have triggered the emergence of the legend of the Unicorn in the past.
Unicorn is a legendary creature similar to a horse with one horn in the middle of the head with a healing power that emerged in the stories legends around the world, from ancient texts to Harry Potter fiction.
The records never mention ancient unicorn include English Bible King James version is translated in the 17th century which mentions the word "unicorn" as much as 8 times. then Leonardo Da Vinci never mentioned the nature of the Unicorn in his diary. And perhaps the most famous ancient records of the Unicorn Unicorn is a pictorial stamp used by the Indus Valley civilization in India.
