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Rome - Total Realism / Regarding african elephants
« on: November 10, 2016, 07:44:57 PM »
Hi guys,
I did some research on elephants and I was suprised about some facts about african elephants:
I found some info on this site: http://www.upali.ch/differences_en.html
here is some info regarding Ptolemaic elephants: (according to all four links Europa Barbarorum got it wrong)
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/after-2000-years-ptolemy%E2%80%99s-war-elephants-are-revealed
http://www.archaeology.org/news/1750-140121-africa-asia
http://www.livescience.com/42672-elephant-mystery-solved-at-ancient-syrian-battle.html
http://blog.oup.com/2014/02/proving-polybius-wrong-about-elephants/
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/war-elephants
And here you can find info about hannibal's elephants:
http://www.ancient-origins.net/history/unsolved-mystery-where-did-hannibal-get-his-war-elephants-002447
http://www.thehistoryherald.com/Articles/Ancient-History-Civilisation/Hannibal-and-the-Punic-Wars/hannibal-s-elephants-myth-and-reality
I did some research on elephants and I was suprised about some facts about african elephants:
I found some info on this site: http://www.upali.ch/differences_en.html
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Is keeping African elephants more difficult?
The rumour is wrong that Asian elephants would be easier to keep in zoos or circuses than African elephants.
Both elephant species live in various circuses and zoos. The only thing that rendered the Asian elephants better known as working, zoo and circus elephants is the Asian tradition of catching and taming wild elephants.
So the most famous zoo and circus elephant "Jumbo" was a african bull.
When the Belgians in colonial times intended to stub the jungle of Belgian Congo, they employed Indian mahouts, who successfully caught and trained the African elephants according to the Asian method. Nowadays safaris on the backs of African riding elephants become more and more popular in Africa.
here is some info regarding Ptolemaic elephants: (according to all four links Europa Barbarorum got it wrong)
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/after-2000-years-ptolemy%E2%80%99s-war-elephants-are-revealed
http://www.archaeology.org/news/1750-140121-africa-asia
http://www.livescience.com/42672-elephant-mystery-solved-at-ancient-syrian-battle.html
http://blog.oup.com/2014/02/proving-polybius-wrong-about-elephants/
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/war-elephants
And here you can find info about hannibal's elephants:
http://www.ancient-origins.net/history/unsolved-mystery-where-did-hannibal-get-his-war-elephants-002447
http://www.thehistoryherald.com/Articles/Ancient-History-Civilisation/Hannibal-and-the-Punic-Wars/hannibal-s-elephants-myth-and-reality