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Plots from History  6 Insane Uses of Animals in Wartime (That
Actually Worked)  Animals have been used in warfare for
centuries. Sometimes it makes perfect sense -- horses have
pulled chariots, and mules have carried equipment. Other times,
it's more like Mickey Rourke unleashing a tiger on Jean-Claude
Van Damme, as witnessed in the war documentary Double Team.  And
sometimes, it's crazier than that. That's how we wound up with
...  Flaming Camels  The Mongolian chieftain Timur invaded India
in 1398, because when you're Mongolian that's just kind of what
you do. He marched on Delhi and was met by the army of Sultan
Mahmud Khan, who had 120 war elephants at his command, covered
in armor and with giant scimitars attached to their tusks.
"That's OK, guys. I don't want to play anymore."  But that's not
the insane use of animals we want to talk about here.  Because
do you know what Timur us