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  Sure but do giraffes have silver blood that grants the drinker immortality?
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  The myth is unicorns have magical abilities not just the horn. >
  
  I was gonna say, Can a giraffe shoot rainbows out of its butt? >
  
  ? Can a unicorn? Didn't know they had this ability. James Bond should ride one >
  
  Mythical means fictitious, not peculiar.  Giraffes are real, and unicorns are not. >
  
  The implication is that myths are compelling, and why would a horse with a horn spellbind so many storytellers when things like giraffes exist. >
  
  b/c giraffes are real >
  
  Imagine the reaction of Europeans when first told about the Platypus. 
  So it's a mammal that suckles it's young which hatch out of eggs and has a bill like a duck. Oh, and it's venomous and lives in the water. >
  
  And it glows in UV light