UNICORNS: Terror Horses

Unicorns exist in this reality. However, they're not the benevolent magical creatures of myth & legend but instead seen by many cultures as the stuff of nightmares! This is due to the fact that they're the only members of the Equus genus that are omnivorous, meaning that they regularly consume meat as well as plants! Basically bears in horse form!

The species of Unicornis evolved around 48 million years ago during the Eocene in what is now China.

Today the main members include....

The Eurasian Einhorn (Swiss Alps, Southern Germany, Carpathian Mountains, the Caucasus)

The Siberian Unicorn (Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia)

The Celtic Unicorn (Scottish Highlands)

The Maned Unicorn (Central Asia)

The Indian Unicorn (Northern India and Pakistan)

The Ceylon (Sri Lanka and the South Indian State of Tamil Nadu)

The Spotted Dwarf Unicorn (Southeast Asia*)

*Critically endangered due to being over-hunted for their horns by Chinese sex toy merchants. Spotted Dwarf Unicorns - in mainland Indochina - can only found (in large numbers at least) in Thailand, where - due to traditionally being considered sacred in Buddhism and a symbol of royalty along with the elephant - are protected under royal decree. Killing a Spotted Dwarf Unicorn for sport is by law seen as an attack on the king himself and therefore punishable by ****. They're more numerous on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra & Borneo as well as the island of New Guinea.

The Tibetan Unicorn (Tibet, China*)

*Critically endangered with only about 800 left in the wild.

Both male and female Unicorns have horns, though male horns are longer & sharper. Their horns are also bioluminescent, able to glow in the dark and change color which they use for defense, hunting, mating, or as a warning.

UNICORN HORN COLOR SAFETY GUIDE

• Grey: They don't see you as a threat but proceeding with caution is still advised.
• Red: BACK OFF OR ELSE!

During mating season, male horns become rainbow colored to attract females, and those with the more colorful horns get to mate. Mating season is also when they're at their most dangerous.

Unlike other horse breeds, Unicorns are mostly solitary with them only coming together during mating season. Despite that, Unicorns are surprisingly solid parents, with the father usually remaining to protect the mom and foal for the entire nursing period, which for Unicorns is only 4 months, before separating. When they do separate it's 50/50 on who gets the kid as sometimes it'll go with the father until it's ready to live & hunt on its own and other times it stays with the mother.

Although Unicorns are predators who I earlier compared to bears, they're more like black bears. Meaning that while dangerous, they can be reasoned with and will only see humans as food if they're really ****. While they were never used to the same capacity that horses were, they're actually not that much harder to train & domesticate. They can be ridden, but only if enough time has past and trust has been earned.

On average, domesticated Unicorns have more patience and are willing to give more chances than their wild counterparts, with their go-to final warning being either to lunge and grit their teeth at the person annoying them followed by a neigh, or to grab said person by the hair and rag doll them for a few seconds to a minute.

While predatory attacks on humans are rare, they're not uncommon. There is very little chance of escape from a Unicorn if it decides your lunch. With their speed, sense of smell, and cat-like night vision, Unicorns are one of nature's perfect predators. If you see one stalking you, it's already too late.

It's even scarier if it's at night cause while their horns do glow in the dark, they can turn it off at will when encountering prey during nightly hunts, using their cat-like night vision to stalk their target. Their hooves also have this special built-in padding that reduces the sound of their movements - even when running at full speed!

This means that if you were, lets say - a German man who for some reason decided to go for a walk alone in the Black Forest on a particularly dark night and you spotted the glowing horn of a male Unicorn - either alone or with its mate - in the distance and upon spotting you the glowing suddenly stopped, you wouldn't be able to see or hear from which direction **** was galloping towards you until it was too late. The only solace that you can take in those few precious final seconds before you're impaled, viciously torn to shreds, and eaten is that at least you got to see the Unicorn first, rather than it ambushing you from behind; cause most aren't that lucky.

A saving grace is that Unicorns are slightly slower than horses, having a top speed of 25 mph while horses clock in at 30 mph. Their skin isn't that much different from a horse's, meaning that having a gun or some kind of weapon increases your chances. Unicorns are also afraid of dogs since wolves are one of their natural predators along with bears. Finding water is also a safe bet since Unicorns aren't very good swimmers.

Unicorns neigh is when they're either proclaiming a kill, challenging a rival, frustrated, or warning someone to backoff. However, their neighs sound more like Nazgul screams!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHqd56MkLRs