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Where war elephants were once used (i.redd.it)
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[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

How did they get to the islands

[–] painteddoggie@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Elephants love to swim!

[–] remon@ani.social 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

On ships.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But elephant big. Trireme small.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

XIII? Or possible earlier?

EDIT: I'm reading this article. Look what you made me do! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_maritime_history