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So people can fill in 5 mins, whilst the others work to do this. Elephants can't digest enough calorie rich food to be able to do this. They individually have
by Balero 3y ago
So people can fill in 5 mins, whilst the others work to do this.
Elephants can't digest enough calorie rich food to be able to do this. They individually have to spend longer eating.
- ant6n 3y agoYet war elephants are a thing.
- gibspaulding 3y agoApparently specifically because of the food issue they weren't generally worth the trouble. ACOUP has a good post about it [1]. TL/DR: For the amount of fodder and manpower you need for one elephant, you can have a lot of traditional horse calvary. [1] https://acoup.blog/2019/08/02/collections-war-elephants-part-ii-elephants-against-wolves/ https://acoup.blog/2019/08/02/collections-war-elephants-part...