Triceratops, of course! Just not quite how I expected it...
KJ, a black rhino at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas, is spotting an unexpected third horn, this one from the center of the forehead. If the Asian one-horned rhino may have contributed to the legend of the unicorn (its right there in the Latin name Rhinoceros unicornis), maybe this aberrant African rhino is a 21st-century take on the triceratops?
In seriousness, no one knows quite how this horn would impact the rhino if left to its own devices, so keepers are managing it so it doesn't inconvenience the animal. Right now, it's mostly a curiosity - which I kind of love. It never ceases to amaze me that we still have so many surprises in store for us when we study animals, in the zoo and in the wild.
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