Comment on Baby elephants

• qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  There is no need for sarcasm.

  We tend to forget Africa had great kingdoms, with advanced civilization standards, before colonial times. Those kingdoms ruled the largest continent on the planet for centuries and elephants were animals used for both work and war.

  Hanibal took elephants across the Alpes (most died) in order to invade Italy. I seriously doubt the general ordered his elephants from India.

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  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    The conversation was about picking an elephant today. In 2024.

    Africa had some amazing kingdoms. Some exaggerated stories claim they had palaces with roads encrusted with precious gemstones, but the truth is that the reality of there civilizations were impressive even without embellishment. That’s not what our conversation is about, though.

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    • qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I would still pick the African ones, nonetheless.

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