Anthony Appleyard #1 Posted January 23 Since mammoths lived in The North, it is to be wondered why the old Kings of the North, or GRRM, did not see the potentials of riding mammoths, for travel, or in ceremonial parades, as with elephants in India in the real world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Loose Bolt #2 Posted January 24 I suspect that any mammoth found in the North during long winters would have been eaten by hungry people. So there would not have been any of them available for parades or other use. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony Appleyard #3 Posted January 24 The books say that there were still a few hundred living mammoths. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hiemal #4 Posted January 24 On 1/23/2020 at 7:55 AM, Anthony Appleyard said: Since mammoths lived in The North, it is to be wondered why the old Kings of the North, or GRRM, did not see the potentials of riding mammoths, for travel, or in ceremonial parades, as with elephants in India in the real world. I imagine feeding them, particularly during the long winters, would make this impractical. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony Appleyard #5 Posted January 25 20 hours ago, hiemal said: I imagine feeding them, particularly during the long winters, would make this impractical. They can feed themselves on tree twigs and tundra vegetation and such like. Mammoth tusks are like they are for brushing snow aside to reach vegetation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hiemal #6 Posted January 26 9 hours ago, Anthony Appleyard said: They can feed themselves on tree twigs and tundra vegetation and such like. Mammoth tusks are like they are for brushing snow aside to reach vegetation. If they were wild, sure. If you wanted to keep them on hand you have to lay in massive amounts of fodder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony Appleyard #7 Posted January 26 4 hours ago, hiemal said: If they were wild, sure. If you wanted to keep them on hand you have to lay in massive amounts of fodder. In India, domesticated elephants were often let wander into the jungle overnight to feed and each morning were tracked and found and brought back to work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Loose Bolt #8 Posted January 26 Were direwolves large enough to hunt mammoths? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
White Ravens #9 Posted January 26 In the timeframe of the books, mammoths had long ago retreated far north of the wall. People had come to believe that mammoths, direwolves and other creatures were legends from the past. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hiemal #10 Posted January 27 On 1/26/2020 at 2:12 AM, Anthony Appleyard said: In India, domesticated elephants were often let wander into the jungle overnight to feed and each morning were tracked and found and brought back to work. Lots more food in the jungle. Mammoths would be wandering very far afield. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rotting sea cow #11 Posted January 27 On 1/23/2020 at 1:55 PM, Anthony Appleyard said: Since mammoths lived in The North, it is to be wondered why the old Kings of the North, or GRRM, did not see the potentials of riding mammoths, for travel, or in ceremonial parades, as with elephants in India in the real world. Are they domesticable? They may be not. We don't see wildings riding mammoths. Only giants and they might have a different (and maybe magical) connection with them. If they are not domesticable, it may sense they were hunted to the extinction in the North. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
