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Horses, camels, elephants and carrier pigeons all shaped campaigns. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Animals have been used in warfare for millennia

Horses, camels, elephants and carrier pigeons all shaped campaigns War elephants were used in South Asia for centuries, though they could panic and harm their own side. Pigeons carried messages where radio could not reach. Modern forces still use dogs and dolphins for detection work. It sits in Mondo's animals collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Horses, camels, elephants and carrier pigeons all shaped campaigns. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a animals fact?: Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.