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Where war elephants were once used (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 5 points 7 months ago (5 children)

There's a story of a logistical miracle right here... 🙆🏼‍♂️🤔

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Those islands used to be connected ~2 million years ago, and thus all have native elephant populations.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Yep.

    Although any reasonably large cargo boat should be able to carry an elephant, anyway. That would be how the Romans did it in Britain.

    Edit: Maybe? Apparently the only source on that episode is from much later.

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