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minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·5 months agoIIRC they were elephants originally, but the Europeans didn’t know what an elephant was. Forgot about Hannibal, I guess.
minus-squarelemonwood@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoNo, the rooks where the ones who were elephants. Towers atop battle elephants.
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoReplacing the elephant really was throwing salt in the wound
IIRC they were elephants originally, but the Europeans didn’t know what an elephant was. Forgot about Hannibal, I guess.
No, the rooks where the ones who were elephants. Towers atop battle elephants.
Replacing the elephant really was throwing salt in the wound