Throughout history how have different animals been used in Warfare?
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Cats in warfare:
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The first known use of cats in warfare occurred in Ancient Egypt. Persian soldiers carried cats into battle and released them onto the battlefield.
In 1500 the German army strapped cans of poisonous gas to their backs and set them loose across enemy lines.
During WWII, the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (precursor to the CIA) came up with the ludicrous idea of attaching cats to bombs and dropping them near Nazi ships
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/thefed/v3/volume18/9/militaryanimalsarefun.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4808342.stm
Dolphins of War
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Armed with explosives, trained to seek out enemy mines and vessels and to destroy them, dolphins are being trained by both the American and Russian navies.Dolphins were there in the murky waters of Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. Dolphins were trained to speed towards a Vietnamese frogman and skew him with a lance strapped to its beak. In the Persian Gulf War a team of dolphins dive deep into the ocean and use their complex echolocation to hunt down stray torpedoes and detect enemy mines. This is the reality of the dolphins of war, trained by the US Navy to seek and destroy.
From 1960 to 1989, the US Navy is known to have employed 240 dolphins. They include atlantic bottlenose dolphins, pacific white-sided dolphins, belugas, killer whales, pilot whales, false killer whales and even sea lions.
Pigs in warfare:
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Pliny the Elder wrote about a method of covering pigs in tar, pitch, or other flammable substances and then setting them ablaze while attempting to drive the conflagrant swine towards the enemy. The squealing and movement of the burning hogs headed toward the enemy army would cause elephants and horses to flee in panic. Besides Pliny’s accounts, there are no official records of war pigs actually being used in actual battle.
http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=148
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_pigs_%28ancient_military_weapon%29
Land Mine Detecting Rats
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The latest use of rats in the military are in detecting landmines.. A Belgian company has trained African pouch rats, also called Gambian Pouch Rats, to locate buried bombs and landmines. The rats are trained to smell explosive material by associating it with a food reward.
http://floridakeystreasures.com/creatures/pouchrat
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/plague/origins/spread.shtml
Dolphins, horses, sea lions, whales, dogs, bats, snakes, scorpions, rats, pigs, elephants and other unfortunate animals have also been pressed into service.
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M$http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_in_warfare
In a recent memorial to Canadian soldiers that fought in Hong Kong during WWII all of which were either killed or put in interment camps by the japanese, a dog named Gander as also added to the memorial for it's service, which saved the lives of several soldiers.
http://www.canada.com/news/Gander+Canadian+included+veterans+memorial/1893842/story.html
Elephants have also been tamed and used in battle, as early as 4500 years ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_elephant
Alexander the Great famously incorporated elephants into his army as he moved through the Persian empire and into India
Horses and donkeys of course have been used extensivley to carry troops, commanders, supplies, as well as in cavalry units and other forms of horse warfare.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horses_in_warfare
Surprisingly bats have also been used, or at least were attempted to be used by the US during WWII. This was the basis for a bestselling children book Silverwing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverwing
Many more animals have been used as well though it would be hard to elaborate further.
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I did not expect bats. Good Answer! no.. Great Answer! Welcome to Mahalo
Yeah, I saw a show on the history channel about those bat bombs. It was a disaster.
Found one more that is absolutely insane but still interesting, beware of pigeons...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
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M$In India, Thailand elephants were used.
Camels have typically seen use as mounts in arid regions.
Dogs in WW2 by Russians. They hand explosives on back and sent after tanks. They also trained dogs to attack humans. Use in dogs have been documented by ancient Greeks, Spanish conquistadors etc.
The U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program uses military dolphins and sea lions for underwater sentry duty, mine clearance, and object recovery.
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M$speaking of camel ...you can't forget Bedouin Camel Riders in Medieval
Age...
Also i found that French ox to transport stuff to mountain too in warfare
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