Strider 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦Dec 5, 2022
Sheril Kirshenbaum

Once upon a time, ~36,000 years ago, unicorns were real.

The “Siberian unicorn” (scientific name: Elasmotherium sibericum) weighed >4 tons, had a long horn ~3 feet on its nose & roamed Eurasia’s grasslands at the same time as modern humans.

More at https://theconversation.com/amp/how-a-change-in-climate-wiped-out-the-siberian-unicorn-107365 #history #science #SharedPlanet

How a change in climate wiped out the 'Siberian unicorn'

The loss of the Siberian unicorn shows just how vulnerable some animals can be to environmental change that can impact on their food supply.

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Dec 5, 2022 at 10:38amMastodon for iOS
Show threadHelena Pérez ValleDec 5, 2022
@Sheril this is so cool!
Show threadStrider 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦Dec 5, 2022
@Sheril It is widely accepted by most scientists and naturalists that rhinos are just unicorns that have let themselves go.
Show threadRokosunDec 5, 2022
@Sheril That was a good read, thanks for sharing :)
Show threadSudhirDec 5, 2022
@Sheril Unbelievable 🤔🤪
Show threadInc Hulk 🧪Dec 5, 2022
@Sheril And they probably died out from predation by our ancestors. Unlike today when Brexiteers will have to eat their unicorns, as all other meat will not be available anymore after they bankrupted farmers and refused EU meat supplies
Show threadJedi Master Toronto🇨🇦Dec 5, 2022
@Sheril
Thank you for sharing this!
Show threadSophieDec 6, 2022
@Sheril any evidence they could be tamed by virgins?
Show threadLVN2DRMDec 7, 2022
@Sheril This looks like the 1st party animal 🥳
Show threadYudaya-jinDec 7, 2022
@Sheril The narwhal of the tundra!
Show threadAditya AcharyaDec 15, 2022
@Sheril kinda chonky
Show threadDEI Dungeon ExplorersMar 22, 2023
@Sheril Mage Hand Press is doing a monster book that turns extinct species into RPG monsters. I think that this is one of them.