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Instead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammoth
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this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2024
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I always pictured mammoths being more docile: disinclined to charge. Didn't realize they could be more of a wooly bully.
Elephants charge pretty easily, so that part doesn't surprise me.
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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.