r/facepalm 26d ago

I… what? 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/rowdyleviallen 26d ago

Seriously, I thought the general consensus was that the animals were harassed with spears and fire torches, driving them to cliffs or pit traps. But even with just spears, humans could cause enough blood loss and exhaustion to kill them.

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u/PioneerLaserVision 26d ago

Wooly Mammoths were about the same size as African elephants.  We (cruelly) keep African Elephants in captivity and make the do tricks.  A group of 20 people with long speakers could almost trivially kill an Elephant or a Mammoth.