Dirty Bombs and Shell Shock: Biology Goes to War

Dirty Bombs and Shell Shock: Biology Goes to War — page 3
ANIMALS AT WAR Animals have been used in warfare for thousands of years both to carry or pull loads and for fighting Armies that used animals learned how to keep animals strong and healthy ne of the first animals used in warfare was Uthe horse Over four thousand years ago warriors in Mesopotamia hitched horses to open vehicles called chariots and charged toward the enemy One warrior used reins to steer the horses while others used bows to fire arrows from the platform at the back of the vehicle An Assyrian king drives a chariot into battle The open platform allowed up to four warriors to ride