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Where war elephants were once used (i.redd.it)
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[โ€“] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

There's a story of a logistical miracle right here... ๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

Oh wow! I had no idea! ๐Ÿคฉ

[โ€“] CanadaPlus 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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.

[โ€“] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My guesses are: the Majapahits used war elephants at some point in the 14th century, or a British puppet used them in the 1800s.

[โ€“] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

Apparently, not very well, though. Poor olifants. ๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ