.@rogueclassicist on elephants & the Roman conquest of Britain for #WorldElephantDay: https://rogueclassicism.com/2010/07/28/first-elephant-in-britain/ … (pic=https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/18643674732/ …)pic.twitter.com/4XtUqeSlza
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2 points
1-Africans have never trained elephants
Few cases of short-term African elephant training needed Indian trainers
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Pt. 2 Unlike horses, elephants have specific mahouts There are limits on mahout-elephant interchange Based on these 2 points, 3 observations
Keep in mind there were two other species of elephants, esp. the North African forest elephant (used by hannibal); also a Syrian variety
To the best of my knowledge, both the Syrian & NA Forest elephants were creations of historians - and not biologists or fossil experts!
possible ... i'll look into it further when i get a chance
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