Bear Cavalry?

not quite cavalry, but..... ostrich racing.

Yes, ostrich carts were (and maybe still are) pretty popular in South Africa - either for racing or getting about (similar to dog sleighs in arctic regions)...

Girafes, usefull for sniping in trench warfare :D

Cutesy little smily battle giraffes FTW ! :D

Nah, but seriously, imagine them being used in trench attacks by the British in WWI :
They would get mowed down by stationary machine guns in mere seconds... The poor things... :(
 
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Yeah, well I'm new to the AH community. I did this terrible timeline when I was like ten about the Romans discovering America. It was way too unrealistic, but I thought it was so cool.

Back on topic: What about zebras? That would look cool :p
 
Back on topic: What about zebras? That would look cool :p

I think the only reason why they were never tamed en masse by humans is their natural stubbornness. Wild horses (like the extinct east european tarpan) were probably more fit for being mounts... Zebras are also smaller than regular horses or even most donkeys...

But if zebras would have been easily tameable, I can imagine the European colonists running in awe from a suprise cavalry charge of Bantus on "striped horses". That would be the epitome of sheer awesomeness ! :D

There is a kiddie movie about a tame zebra winning an international horse race : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376105/ It's called Racing Stripes... :p :rolleyes:
 
Yeah I found some information on the domestication of zebras:

Attempts have been made to train zebras for riding since they have better resistance than horses to African diseases. However most of these attempts failed, due to the zebra's more unpredictable nature and tendency to panic under stress. For this reason, zebra-mules or zebroids (crosses between any species of zebra and a horse, pony, donkey or ass) are preferred over pure-bred zebras.

So it is possible, just they are not nearly as tame as horses and not worth the effort.

Too bad!
 
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You mean this?
 

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Would Polar bears be considered effective camouflage?

Okays, how about Dolphin-cavalry? In an age where submarines are more-focused on for development, and scuba tanks are so as well, wouldn't dolphins (being biological) be a better way to get close to a submarine without sonar operators noticing?

And last but not least: Llama Cavalry...
 
Perhaps the giant birds that died with the Ice Age surrvive? Possibly meaning...

Giant Eagle Cavalry!!!
Now that is awesome.
 
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