Unicorn
The existence of unicorns is controversial. Secular opinion is that they are mythical. However, they are referred to in the Bible nine times.[1] Christian apologists have advanced various arguments that the biblical unicorn was not a fantasy animal. [2][3]
In the original texts, unicorns go by the Hebrew name Re-em whereas the Greek Septuagint used the name Monokeros.[4] Unicorn itself is Latin. All three names mean "one horn".
While popularly characterized as a horned member of the horse baramin, it is likely that the unicorn was actually quite unhorselike. One recognized theory is that the unicorn was actually the rhinoceros,[1] however a growing number of Creation researchers are theorizing that the unicorn was actually a member of the ceratopsian baramin.[4]
Post-Noachian references[1] to unicorns have led some researchers to argue that unicorns are still alive today. In fact, in 1984 the U.S. patent office granted patent number 4,429,685 to Timothy G. Zell for his development of a surgical procedure to create a unicorn[5]. The basis for the patent was Lancelot the living unicorn bred by Timothy âOtterâ Zell and his wife Morning Glory Zell[6].
References
- â 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The Identity of the Unicorn"
- â [http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v14/i2/unicorn.asp
- â http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/read/what_about_the_unicorn_and_the_satyr
- â 4.0 4.1 "Dinosaurs in the Bible", Genesis Park
- â Patent 4,429,685 [1]
- â Lancelot[2]