How to panic an Elephant
Posted on | July 28, 2002 | 5 Comments
The Romans defeated Hannibal’s elephants after they found that the elephants were afraid of the smell of horse blood. On the battlefield they slit the throats of their own horses in order to cause the enemy’s mounts to panic.
Category: War
August 19th, 2008 @ 12:00 am
eeiuuu – pretty gross but smart thing to do
August 19th, 2008 @ 12:00 am
ummm and they would know how? – how exactly do they know this?some kind of evidence had to have been found
August 19th, 2008 @ 12:00 am
reveek – Yet another use for horse blood. I need to remember a jar of it nextime i go to the zoo.
August 19th, 2008 @ 12:00 am
No Hannibal! – Hannibal was my favorite conqueror! (next to Khan of course)
August 19th, 2008 @ 12:00 am
WRONG – all of hannibals elephants died crossing the alps not 1 was involved in any fights with the romans