Creatures, Myths & Legends

Zoo asks for help identifying mystery creature with 'wings and horns'

By T.K. Randall
October 23, 2024

Image: AI-generated (Midjourney) When an animal is so strange that even a zoo has trouble figuring out what it is, you know you are onto something unusual... unless, that is, it has been posted up as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Halloween season (which of these two possibilities is most likely, we'll leave up to you).

The photograph, which was posted up yesterday on the Facebook page of the Bristol Zoo Project, shows a peculiar mammal that seems to have horns on its head and a set of wings on its back.

"Have you seen the recent news about a mysterious winged and horned creature being spotted at Bristol Zoo Project ?" the team wrote.

"Our conservation team use camera traps to survey the ancient woodland on our site. Here you can see a familiar muntjac deer alongside a creature that has us just a little stumped..."So what exactly could this animal be ?

In all likelihood, the 'wings' are actually a photographic anomaly, meaning that the mystery creature is also likely to be a muntjac deer - a common species found in the region.

Nonetheless, the image has certainly generated a lot of attention over the last few days.



Source: People.com

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