> On Dec 17, 2017, at 4:41 AM, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 9:30 PM, Rob O'Connor <xxxxxx@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> Alternate cavalry animals? I'd use elephants, larger antelopes, or theropod dinosaurs as a starting point.
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> Heiro's Journey and The Unforesaken Heiro, by Sterling E. Lanier.
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> The protagonist rides a "morse:" a mutated, draft-horse-sized moose. IIRC, it was also more intelligent than the original animal.

It’s been a very long time since I read it, wasn’t it also telepathic?

There is historial precedent : http://www.archivesalberta.org/odd/moose.htm , http://www.chezmaya.com/insolite/moose.htm

There’s a more modern one around that’s been thoroughly debunked as Photoshopped.

All of these appear to be from hand-raised moose adopted as orphaned calves. Per Wikipedia, the Soviets attempted to domesticate moose in the 30’s, unsuccessfully.

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