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Re:Elephants may be domesticating themselves by azernik on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @12:37PM (#36046793)
We don't need to speculate. Roman legions frequently encountered elephantry and absolutely trounced them. The Romans then adopted war elephants briefly, before dropping them as totally impractical.

https://acoup.blog/2019/08/02/collections-war-elephants-part...

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Re:Elephants may be domesticating themselves by FredPret on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @02:44PM (#36048919)
Colour me impressed with the legionnaires. But remember that we're speculating about large herds of disciplined elephants working together.
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