Story highlights Fossilized remains reveal the 'Siberian unicorn' was still on earth 29,000 years ago

Scientists are intrigued as to how it survived so much longer than originally thought

(CNN) New research has revealed the 'Siberian unicorn' roamed the planet far more recently than we originally thought.

The bad news is it looked nothing like the mythical creatures portrayed in so many fairy tales.

Real unicorns -- not so pretty.

It was fatter and furrier, and in reality more rhino than stallion. It did, however, have a huge horn.

This real unicorn, or 'Elasmotherium sibiricu', was originally thought to have gone extinct 350,000 years ago.

Read More