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Hello and welcome to Six Minute English, I'm Neil.
And hello, I'm Rob.
Now then, Rob, what do you know about unicorns?
Ah, well, the unicorn is a fantasy creature from history.
In our tradition, it looks like a white horse with a single spiral horn coming out of its head.
Erm, why do you ask?
Well, funnily enough, unicorns are the topic of this programme.
Before we learn more,
though, a question, what do we call the study of legendary creatures like the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot, and unicorns?
Is it A, Cryptozoology?
B, Protozoology, or C, paleozoology?
Have you got any idea about that, Rob?
Ah, well, I know this, because it was a topic of a six minute English programme a while back in 2008 to be exact.
So, I think I'll keep the answer to myself.
OK, well, for everyone else, we'll have the answer later in the programme.
Over the last few years, unicorns have been popping up all over the place.
On t-shirts, in movies, as toys, and even in political conversations, why is this?
Natalie Lawrence is a natural historian.