5 Bizarre Uses of Animals As Weapons in War

Monkey Bombs, Flaming Pigs, and Weird Animal Weapons

An imagined rhinoceroses by Albrecht Dürer. Though never used in warfare, Dürer depicted the rhino having an armored plate. Image source and licensing: Wikimedia commons.

Two of my favorite series, Netflix’s Marco Polo and HBO’s Rome, were both canceled far too soon. At the start of Marco Polo’s second season, a vivid scene depicts Ghenghis Khan (pronounced Chinggis Khaan) teaching his grandsons Kublai and Kaidu a military lesson.