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War Elephant Myths Debunked by DNA
The Institute for Genomic Biology ^
| January 20, 2014
| Staff
Posted on 01/20/2014 6:06:44 PM PST by lbryce
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01/20/2014 6:06:44 PM PST
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lbryce
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/20/2014 6:14:48 PM PST
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freedumb2003
(Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
To: lbryce
What everyone thinks about war elephants is wrong, said Alfred Roca " ... in fact, even I am wrong in what I think on this particular matter."
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posted on
01/20/2014 6:18:13 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Anti-Complacency League! Baby!)
To: lbryce
What everyone thinks about war elephants is wrong, said Alfred RocaI've feared this day would come...
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posted on
01/20/2014 6:18:15 PM PST
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Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Flycatcher
Firesign Theatre told us “Everything You Know Is Wrong” way back in 1974.Great album by the way.
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01/20/2014 6:22:54 PM PST
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Lawgvr1955
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: lbryce
Caesar invaded Britain in 54 and 55 BC. On one of those invasions when Caesar reached the Thames, the one fordable place available to him had been fortified with sharpened stakes, both on the shore and under the water, and the far bank was defended. Second Century sources state that Caesar used a large war elephant, which was equipped with armour and carried archers and slingers in its tower, to put the defenders to flight. When this unknown creature entered the river, the Britons and their horses fled and the Roman army crossed over and entered Cassivellaunus’ territory
To: Lawgvr1955
I remember them. Original, funny stuff.
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posted on
01/20/2014 6:34:10 PM PST
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Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: freedumb2003; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Absolutely! The last major battle using (African) elephants in the Med basin was Thapsus, at the close of the second phase of the Pompeian War.
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01/20/2014 6:40:20 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
>>The last major battle using (African) elephants in the Med basin was Thapsus, at the close of the second phase of the Pompeian War.<<
Well, that and the Battle for Gondor.
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01/20/2014 6:46:30 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
To: lbryce
So the mystery is solved. The GOP is made up of descendants of Ptolemy's elephants.
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posted on
01/20/2014 6:53:50 PM PST
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Truth29
To: freedumb2003
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01/20/2014 7:23:16 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Portcall24
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01/20/2014 7:25:02 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Portcall24
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01/20/2014 7:26:01 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Truth29
LOL
with just one minor adjustment, it is a TRUE account. "...unable to stand the smell and the trumpeting of the Donkeys, and terrified, I suppose, also by their great size and strength, Ptolemy's elephants at once turn tail and take to flight before they get near them.
To: lbryce
So they investigated the possibility of “smaller” African elephants, but never considered the possibility of “larger” Asian elephants? Elephants were used widely in battles in India; what if all the really big Asian elephants have been wiped out over time from being killed in battles (and thus the genetics for “big asian elephant” removed from the gene pool), so all that are left are what we see today? There’s already evidence that elephants as a population have smaller tusks than their ancestors, simply because those with the genes for big tusks were so efficiently hunted that not enough of them survived to pass their genes along.
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01/20/2014 7:45:34 PM PST
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: freedumb2003
The Battle of the Pelennor fields pre-dates Thapsus, and those were Oliphaunts, not African elephants; different species altogether.
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posted on
01/20/2014 7:48:00 PM PST
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: Lawgvr1955; Flycatcher
Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers
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posted on
01/20/2014 7:52:34 PM PST
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Pelham
(Obamacare, the vanguard of Obammunism)
To: Pelham
Don’t forget Shoes For Industry.
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01/20/2014 7:55:43 PM PST
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Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Flycatcher
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posted on
01/20/2014 7:59:04 PM PST
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Pelham
(Obamacare, the vanguard of Obammunism)
To: Pelham
Lol. OK, now you’re stumping me.
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posted on
01/20/2014 8:00:21 PM PST
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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