The rhinoceros is very fierce, why didn t it be domesticated to hit the city gate in ancient wars?

Although the rhinoceros has a strong impact, the rhinoceros is a very docile animal. It could not have been used for this kind of storming of the gates.

Because it is difficult to control and the cost of raising is too high, it is said that this is not done.

The place of life is different. Rhinos are mainly found in regions such as southern Asia. The militarily developed civilization of mankind is generally produced in the temperate zone.

The rhinoceros is indeed a big killer, but for various reasons, it is simply difficult to tame the rhinoceros to hit the gate of the city. Below, let's briefly introduce why no domesticated rhinoceros was used to attack cities during ancient wars.

The first reason is that rhinoceros is a hegemon in nature, and its personality is very arrogant, and the time and cost of domestication are very large. Because the skin of the rhinoceros is very thick, and the body size and impact are very powerful, the rhinoceros has almost no opponents in the natural sail sensitive world, which also creates the arrogant character of the rhinoceros. Due to the rhinoceros's relatively horizontal spleen or sedan chair gas, it takes a lot of time and cost for humans to domesticate the rhinoceros, and it is not cost-effective to use it to hit the city gate.

The second reason is that rhinoceros have a very, very low IQ, and even if they are domesticated, it is difficult to correctly understand human intentions. Compared with common animals such as cows, horses, and dogs, rhinoceros have a very low proportion of brains, which also leads to the low IQ of rhinos. Perhaps in the usual domestication, the rhinoceros can slowly understand the intentions of humans, but when it comes to the real battlefield, the shortcomings of the rhinoceros's low IQ will be exposed, and it will not be able to complete the tasks assigned to it by humans.

The third reason is that rhinoceros is very timid, and they may be frightened and disobey in the noisy battlefield environment. Although the rhinoceros is large, it is similar to the brain, and the gall of the rhinoceros is also very small. In the actual battle of the city, there are not only the sounds of human roars and wails, but also the sound of metal colliding, gongs, and drums.

This noisy environment will amplify the timid personality of the rhinoceros, and the rhinoceros may not hit the city gate but rush to escape.

The fourth reason is that rhinoceros have requirements for climate and environment, and can only live in warm places, and ancient city attacks and defenses did not only occur in the southern region. Unlike horses and cattle that can withstand severe cold, rhinos can only adapt to warm areas, and they can't be too hot or too cold, which makes it unrealistic to domesticate rhinos to hit city gates.

The rhinoceros generally lives in Africa, if in ancient times, there is no way to domesticate it, the African continent is far away from China, maybe the ancient times did not understand the rhinoceros such a thing, and the Africa he lived in was not suitable for us, the environment of ancient times.

Geographical reasons. There is no rhinoceros in China, so it cannot be domesticated, and at the same time, rhinos are fierce and difficult to domesticate.

Because rhinos have always been wild animals and are not as easy to tame as horses, it can backfire if they don't get it right, hence this.

First of all, rhinos live in the warm regions of Africa and Asia, preferring to live alone, with little contact between individuals, and even the relatively lively white rhinos live in groups of only about 10 individuals, and most of them avoid humans. Secondly, rhinos are huge and have only one-fifth the brain size of elephants, making it much more difficult to domesticate than elephants. The most important thing is that rhinoceros have poor eyesight, a sharp nose, a timid heart, and a serious tendency to violence.

Domesticating rhinos requires a lot of cost, and even if they do, the results are not very good. On the whole, it is not very realistic to break open the city gates by domesticating rhinoceros. War is extremely cruel, people will seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, although the rhinoceros is a strong beast, but its own flaws are obvious, and it is difficult to organize effectively, people will not choose him to attack the city in the end.