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Instead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammoth (www.discovermagazine.com)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Elephants charge pretty easily, so that part doesn't surprise me.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I did that thing where I lied on the internet. The preamble was there purely as a setup for the greatest joke of all time.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Worth

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Yeah, if your main form of offense/defense is that you are: large, and have massive fuck-off tusks on your front then charging seems to be a pretty good go to.