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Old 07-06-2006, 23:42 PM   #63 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TopHatsLiberal
so i was thinking....Why can't unicorns be real? There are other animals (deer, moose, elk and the like) that have horns. Why can horses not have horn in the center of its head much like a rhino? I wonder if it would be possible to genetically mutate a horses DNA with that of a rhino and create a unicorn offspring?
I'll put that on my to-do list. Be warned though- first I have to make my genetically engineered super soldiers, super fruit flies, a couple of tree species I want to save, and non-itch grass, so it might take some time.

Actually, rhinos and horses are in the same family IIRC. But you really wouldn't want a rhino horn, they're rather ugly. What you really want is a tusk, sheathed in ivory like an elephant tusk or boar tusk. Just instead of two have one, like the narwhal.
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