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The Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer is a fictional animal invented by Discover magazine as an April Fool's Day joke.
A short article on the Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer first appeared in the April 1995 issue of Discover magazine.[1] The article was written by Tim Folger, then an editor at the magazine. Folger wrote several other April Fool stories for the magazine, including a basketball-sized particle named the "bigon",[2] and the discovery of prehistoric musical instruments— rhinoceros bladder bagpipes, a mastodon-tusk tuba, and a bone triangle—supposedly used by Neanderthals.[3]
- ^ Barnes, Andrew, ed. (28 March 1995). "The naked truth..." Tampa Bay Times. Vol. 111, no. 87 (Main ed.). St. Petersburg, Florida: Times Publishing Co. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Folger, Tim (April 1996). "The Bigon". Discover. Vol. 17, no. 4.
- ^ Folger, Tim (April 1997). "Neanderthal Musical Instruments Included Tusk-Tuba, Bladder-Bagpipe, and 'Xylobone'". Discover. Vol. 18, no. 4.