Fantasy becomes reality as ‘unicorn’ spotted
The one-year-old roe deer was born in captivity in a research centre’s park in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Florence.
He is believed to have been born with a genetic flaw; his twin has two horns.
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He is believed to have been born with a genetic flaw; his twin has two horns.
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