Woolly Rhino Discovery In England

purpleant writes "According to this story at the BBC, the remains of four woolly rhinos have been unearthed in an English quarry. Scientists describe the group find at Whitemoor Haye in Staffordshire as "extraordinary" and one of the best Ice Age discoveries of its type in Northern Europe in recent years. In addition to the great beasts, researchers have also dug out a remarkable range of superbly preserved plants and insects. One of the rhinos even has plant material still stuck to its teeth, giving possible clues to its last meal."

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Wolly Rhino Evidence

[Nyphur]

On the BBC website, I came across some more interesting data on the Wooly Rhino:
Wooly Rhino Evidence
And I found a nice artists impression of the creature here:
Wooly Rhino Picture

From the pictures, the central horn does seem quite unicornesque. Perhaps low-burried skeletons of it did spawn the legends and superstitions. Since the Unicorn was a very prominent religious icon not too long ago, it is also feasable that the Wooly Rhino may have had an influence in some major world religions.

Re:Source of Unicorn Myth??

[Cyno01]

IIRC, narwhale tusks are not true tusks and are not made of ivory, the spiral is more than a groove also, i remember reading somewhere that a narwhales tusk is actually its two front teeth that grow outwards together into a spiral that pierces its head