Single-horned 'Unicorn' deer is found in Italy

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This undated photo provided by the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato Italy Wednesday June 11 2008 shows a deer with a single horn in the center of its head. The one-year-old Roe Deer - nicknamed Unicorn  - was born in captivity in the research cent ...
This undated photo provided by the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, Italy, Wednesday, June 11, 2008, shows a deer with a single horn in the center of its head. The one-year-old Roe Deer - nicknamed 'Unicorn' - was born in captivity in the research center's park in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Florence, Gilberto Tozzi, director of the Center of Natural Sciences, said. He is believed to have been born with a genetic flaw; his twin has two horns. (AP Photo/Center of Natural Sciences)

(AP) -- A deer with a single horn in the center of its head - much like the fabled, mythical unicorn - has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday.


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