Has the rhinoceros ever been domesticated for use in warfare in human history?

1. Domesticating animals is a problem in itself.

First of all, it is clear that rhinos can be domesticated, but you have to understand the meaning of "domestication", keeping a species in captivity to artificially intervene in its reproduction, so that its offspring are close to humans. It's domestication. Many people open their mouths without thinking to assert that rhinos, zebras, and African elephants cannot be domesticated for many reasons, such as low IQ, irritability, solitary animals, carnivorous, timid, etc.

This is due to the ambiguity of the meaning of the word domestication, so it is inevitable to be slapped in the face by reality, the British have tamed zebras, and the Russians inadvertently domesticated foxes in Soviet-era Siberian fox farms to please humans. (Keep in mind that foxes are not social animals); In Africa, today's African savannah elephants are also an important means of transportation for tourism; Of course, there are also daring breeders who ride white rhinos. Among the domesticated animals, chickens, ducks, and cats have very low intelligence.

The Kazakhs even domesticated the golden eagle; The peoples of the Arctic Circle domesticated the reindeer; This proves that there is no species that can not be domesticated at all, and long-term artificial selection of those who are not afraid of human offspring breeding, can domesticate animals, its essence is to select individuals with low adrenal hormone levels to breed and further strengthen this genetic trait, resulting in their offspring becoming "stupid", less aggressive, dogs, cats, pigeons, these three species are likely not to be domesticated by humans, but self-domestication and human domestication work together, for example, Those wolves driven by the herd are forced by life to pick up human leftovers and garbage to live by eating human scraps and garbage, which is probably the original origin of dogs, so the more unafraid of human individuals can get more food, so as to get a survival advantage, and over time there will be domestication; The domestication time of cats and pigeons is much shorter, which is obviously related to the entry of human beings into the agricultural age, human beings enter the agricultural civilization, grow grain, and the grain will inevitably attract birds, rodents will inevitably breed around the barn, and rodents will inevitably attract their natural predators - wild cats. The place where cats first appeared is believed to be ancient Egypt, and ancient Egypt and the Middle East are the origin of mankind's entry into the agricultural age.

2. The question is how much time and cost it takes to domesticate these species, and what can be used for them after domestication... The brain volume of a rhinoceros is one-fifth that of an elephant, and the brain structure is very primitive and not wrinkled, which means that it is not intelligent. Born short-sighted, so timid and irritable.

Huge size. So ancient humans were incapable of domesticating rhinoceros.

Modern people have this ability, but this attempt is not worth the loss, the people of Ethiopia in Africa, the Kongsang Empire have tried to tame the rhinoceros to fight, but obviously the effect is very bad...

You have to pay attention to the cost performance when you fight, the rhinoceros has a low IQ, the training is difficult, and you don't listen to the command when you fight, and you run away after a fight, disposable consumables, if you were a commander, would you choose this?

It can't be domesticated, this beast is too difficult to control, and movies are movies after all.

Since ancient times, rhinoceros horn has been believed to have great medicinal properties, and rhinoceros horn is considered to be a precious medicinal material, so rhinoceros has been hunted in large quantities. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, rhino horn is mainly used to treat a hundred poisonous Gu boils, evil ghosts and miasma, kill hook kisses, feathers, snake venom, eliminate evil spirits, and do not confuse nightmares. Wear light for a long time ("Benjing").

In addition to the legendary medicinal properties of rhino horn, rhino horn is also seen as an ornament with status. Arab countries see the rhinoceros horn as a symbol of social hierarchy; In Yemen and Oman, rhino horn is used to make dagger handles used in ceremonies. On the black market, a gram of rhino horn is worth more than $100, and a complete rhino horn is worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Precautions and key points for rhinos:

The rhinoceros is the second largest mammal that lives on land to this day, second only to elephants. It weighs about two and a half tons and is more than two meters tall. Rhinos spend most of their time grazing, up to 500 kilograms of grass per day.

Rolling is very important for rhinos. Wallowing in puddles is an effective way to keep mosquito bites out. At the same time, it also keeps the body cool.

The African cowpecker crow is often accompanied by rhinoceros.

For the cowpecker, the rhinoceros is a feasting table that moves on its own, because the rhinoceros is parasitic with many delicious lice, enough to feed it well. In the case of the rhinoceros, the cowpecker crow can remove parasites from its body and can also alert it in case of danger. The leisurely complacency of the rhinoceros and the busyness of the cowpecker crow form an interesting contrast.

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Rhinoceros.