Thread: Unicorns Were Real... Sorta... Not Really

'Siberian unicorn' may have lived alongside our ancestors

11:05 AM Wednesday Mar 30, 2016


The shaggy, 6ft-tall creature looked more like a rhino than a horse. Photo / CA Academy of Sciences Twitter

The idea of unicorns roaming alongside humans sounds like something from a fairy tale.

But a "Siberian unicorn" may in fact have lived alongside our ancestors, according to a study.

Until now the shaggy, 6ft-tall creature, which looked more like a rhino than a horse, was believed to have become extinct 350,000 years ago.

But the discovery of a well-preserved skull in Kazakhstan has provided evidence to suggest the mammals died just 29,000 years ago - meaning they may have lived alongside humans.

Although the creatures' large horns afforded them their mythical name, at around 4 tons (3628kgs), the Elasmotherium sibiricum was closer in appearance to a woolly mammoth, the American Journal of Applied Science reports.

Andrei Shpanski, a paleontologist at Tomsk State University in Russia, told Phys.org: "Most likely, the south of Western Siberia was a refuge, where this rhino persevered the longest.'

Researchers are now looking into how these creatures managed to outlive others of their kind.

Why hasn't it got any wings?

Wings? WTF? Scotland's unicorns have never had wings. You've been reading too many fairy tails lad.

Just a wee tad early Ant

shite looking unicorn Ant,

Unicorns are real, I've seen them on the British coat of arms, they are a native of England.

Originally Posted by Jester

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

'Siberian unicorn' may have lived alongside our ancestors

11:05 AM Wednesday Mar 30, 2016


The shaggy, 6ft-tall creature looked more like a rhino than a horse. Photo / CA Academy of Sciences Twitter

The idea of unicorns roaming alongside humans sounds like something from a fairy tale.

But a "Siberian unicorn" may in fact have lived alongside our ancestors, according to a study.

Until now the shaggy, 6ft-tall creature, which looked more like a rhino than a horse, was believed to have become extinct 350,000 years ago.

But the discovery of a well-preserved skull in Kazakhstan has provided evidence to suggest the mammals died just 29,000 years ago - meaning they may have lived alongside humans.

Although the creatures' large horns afforded them their mythical name, at around 4 tons (3628kgs), the Elasmotherium sibiricum was closer in appearance to a woolly mammoth, the American Journal of Applied Science reports.

Andrei Shpanski, a paleontologist at Tomsk State University in Russia, told Phys.org: "Most likely, the south of Western Siberia was a refuge, where this rhino persevered the longest.'

Researchers are now looking into how these creatures managed to outlive others of their kind.

Thanks for posting, AntRobertson. Yet one more time that the smug cynics who like to sound "scientific", have had their faces rubbed in the excrement of their own choleric spoutings.

Wow, some pretty strong feelings about unicorns there.
You got a my little pony collection?

Originally Posted by wasabi

Unicorns are real, I've seen them on the British coat of arms, they are a native of England.

So are fire breathing dragons.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Originally Posted by wasabi

Unicorns are real, I've seen them on the British coat of arms, they are a native of England.

So are fire breathing dragons.

But fire breathing dragons exist.
I married one.

Sorry, but I have to........

Originally Posted by Gazza

But fire breathing dragons exist.
I married one.

Try one of these:

Originally Posted by HermantheGerman

Is that Bettyboo.

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

Originally Posted by HermantheGerman

Is that Bettyboo.

Judging by his horn...I say yes