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The unicorn is a legendary creature usually depicted with the body of a horse, but with a single – usually spiral – horn growing out of its forehead (hence its name – cornus being Latin for 'horn').
Overview
Though the popular image of the unicorn is that of a white horse differing only in the horn, the traditional unicorn has a billy-goat beard, a lion's tail, and cloven hooves, which distinguish him from a horse. Coincidentally, these modifications make the horned ungulate more realistic, since only cloven-hoofed animals have horns. Marianna Mayer has observed (The Unicorn and the Lake), "The unicorn is the only fabulous beast that does not seem to have been conceived out of human fears. In even the earliest references he is fierce yet good, selfless yet solitary, but always mysteriously beautiful. The Unicorn is the uncatchable creature, and his single horn was said to neutralize poison."
It has often been suggested or shown that it is the females that are pure white. Males have been described as jet black with an orange mane and tail.
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I dont mean to sound queer or nothing, but Unicorns kick ass! - Orgazmo
devioust614 (justin tinney) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:28:48 -0000
I dont mean to sound queer or nothing, but Unicorns kick ass! - Orgazmo
RT @JerryThomas: I hate the way unicorns are always putting on fat suits and trying to pass themselves off as narwhals.
MeetRio (Rio Denali) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:18:43 -0000
RT @JerryThomas: I hate the way unicorns are always putting on fat suits and trying to pass themselves off as narwhals.
we played 1,000 ways to kill Barbie. that was fun but then the unicorns went to rehab and we stopped.
blondie_mae (AM@RA M@E) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:10:41 -0000
we played 1,000 ways to kill Barbie. that was fun but then the unicorns went to rehab and we stopped.
Unicorns are real, they're just fat and gray and we call them rhinos.
sarika811 (Sarika M) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:04:12 -0000
Unicorns are real, they're just fat and gray and we call them rhinos.
"NO! SHES A LIFE RUINER. THEY LIKE SEX. AND DRUGS. AND SHIT LIKE THAT. SHE LIKES RAINBOWS AND UNICORNS...." http://tumblr.com/xsr50mvs5
escapingsong (Pea Tear Griffin) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:53:41 -0000
"NO! SHES A LIFE RUINER. THEY LIKE SEX. AND DRUGS. AND SHIT LIKE THAT. SHE LIKES RAINBOWS AND UNICORNS...." http://tumblr.com/xsr50mvs5
I want to live in a world where Cinderella and Bella are my neighbours. Unicorns burp butterflies. And @RustyRockets is king.
Patricia_16 (Patricia Tompkins) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:31:03 -0000
I want to live in a world where Cinderella and Bella are my neighbours. Unicorns burp butterflies. And @RustyRockets is king.
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