Have you ever scene a mythical animal in real life?
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Komodo Dragons, but don't suppose they qualify.  I have seen a unicorn, and you can see him too, his name was Lancelot, when he died they took him to a taxidermist in California.  But you can still see his picture if you google unicorns.  But as you said basically is what I believe.  You can prove something exists but you cannot prove it doesn't.
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he was a mythical character.
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No. Where would I find such an animal?
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Really wacky question... LOL... Would you? I was thinking of an animal with a wide and long tounge... hmmm... how about a cow?... why not try it. It would be a great feeling, I think. =)
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Ever seen a dolphin with gills ?
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No. have you ever visited the real world?
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Superman? Santa Claus? Leprechauns?\n\nAfter all, when a non-existent fantasy creature does anything it probably involves other non-existent fantasy creatures. Don't you think?\n\n_______________\nBTW, WHITNEY W: Have you been reading "Gödel, Escher, Bach"?
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I did when I was at the zoo.  I also watched the Rain bird dive through the hole in a broken guitar (it was a musical display), but it was sad cause the Rain bird tried to fly, but the guide said he will die if he ever leaves the zoo.
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Well common sense, to me it sort of goes like this....\nALL mythology has some sort of real-world counterpart.  What this means is that essentially that all myths contain some sort of universal truth when you strip away the dross.  As far as mythological creatures are concerned, I do believe that some may have definantly existed.  To say things such as ancient mariners thought that manatees were mermaids is a bit presumptuous.  That's making a giant assumption, saying that we know what and how ancient mariners thought, which we obviously cannot know for a fact.  So called mythological creatures are being discovered all the time.  A few years back, a breed of deer was discovered in Asia that was thought to have been a mythological creature.  It was tiny and breathed through the sides of its snout instead of having a nose.  For centuries, science scoffed at its existence, until one day someone caught one...And science looked stupid, as it does so often by down-playing things that don't fit its paradigm.\nThe unicorn was a creature featured in the original painting of the creatures going into Noah's Ark, two by two...I believe that they were probably abundant somewhere in the wrld at one time, but got wiped out as so many species do.\nIN fact, we discover new species of creatures every single day...Fish we thought were extinct, thus becoming the realm of myth....Giant squid, Giant sharks (Aussie Coast), and a plethora of critters that by our own technical and scientific standards shouldn't even exist (all those little critters living along the Mariennes Trench in water that's well over the temperature  that's supposed to support life)....\nIn closing, my answer to you is a YES.  I do believe at one point the so called "mythological" creatures not only existed, but were common as well.  Hit some of the crypto zoology websites and you'll see what I mean about everything I've written....Sites that deal with forbidden history are also a great source of information.\nPEACE!
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My great-aunt once wrote an entire book about Greek mythology in a sort of story-telling form. It was a very informative book, and it helped me stay aware of Greek and Roman references more often. People (including me) often speak of the weather as being "hotter than Hades" as a more polite way of saying "hotter than hell." Hades was the Greek god of the underworld, which would be compared to a Christian concept of hell. Companies still use these references even today in shoes (like Nike), sporting equipment, technological equipment, flowers (think FTD Florist using Hermes as their symbol), and cleaning supplies (think Ajax). As an English major, I wrote at least two poems with mythological references. I love the musical "My Fair Lady" which is related to "Pygmalion" and the old myth of the man who created his ideal woman. If you watch Disney's "Monsters Inc." there is one part where the little one-eyed monster Mike is contemplating how to smuggle the little girl Boo back into the company, and he uses a Greek reference to the Trojan horse, but dismisses it as "Too Greek!" Children would probably not understand what he said, but those of us who have studied mythology would. I do not use mythology as a replacement for religion, but it helps to understand historical references and symbolism around us.
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Yes.  I think I saw an episode on National Geographics.  Check out their web site.
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Unicorns are mythical, a standard myth based on animals with unusual features.\n\nBut, honestly, would you want them to be real animals?  A unicorn is a symbol of purity, magic, and wonder.  If it was a real animal, it would just be a horse with a horn, with organs, odors, probably domesticated.\n\nMagic is better left in the imagination.  Real unicorns would have not one iota of the power of an idea.
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I just saw one right now, it's flying in the air!\n I think I'll go shoot it for dinner!  \nThanks for the duck!\nBye!
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I saw a portion of the latest Harry Potter movie a couple of months ago at a relatives house. It was a portion where Harry Potter is running away from a dragon. It struck me at that time that it was both the best unreal creature animation I had ever seen in a movie, and the best blend in between the special effects part and the "real" part.
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I think Gargamel choked a smurph in one of the episodes...and all i know it scared the poop out of the smurph and it's poop was like a rainbow, most amazing thing i've ever seen
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are you talking about a bird or a character in a novel?
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For fun, curiosity about what they look like from a different angle?