piccolo comments on Where war elephants were once used

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 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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[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

Oh wow! I had no idea! 🤩

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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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