'Unicorn' deer found in Italy

A deer with a single horn in the centre of its head like the mythical unicorn has been spotted in an Italian nature reserve.

A deer with a single horn in the centre of its head like the mythical unicorn has been spotted in an Italian nature reserve.

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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