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Where war elephants were once used (i.redd.it)

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[-] inlandempire@jlai.lu 10 points 2 weeks ago

Oh right, yeah that one is probably gossip haha

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I love a good urban legend

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

It'd be pretty easy to guess, honestly. Just saying "a lot like a cow, with legs like in the front" would cover it for sculptural purposes - the flattish tail being an excusable detail.

Medieval artists did a lot of this, although sometimes the results were less than perfect:

this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2026

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