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		derektank 82 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Megafauna was the meat of choice for South America... This is part of the reason why commercial agriculture is so difficult to this day in Africa. Hippos in particular will wreck a harvest in no time.

Jensson 82 days ago [–]

And African elephants form enormous herds, there used to be herds of hundreds of elephants roaming around, no way stone age level societies can defend against those all you can do is try to avoid them.

Modern guns changed that of course.

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