Statistics for Animals in Wars

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Used in war since 600BC	Dogs	91%
8 million lives lost durijng WW1	Horses	91%
Placed on ships during WW2 to keep control of rodents	Cats	73%
First used in war in India in 4th century BC	Elephants	73%
Big cat that was used to raise morale in WW1	Lions	73%
Used to transport messages in both World Wars	Pigeons	64%
Now a farm animal but used to be a military animal in ancient times	Pigs	64%
Animal with a hump that was used to carry heavy loads in deserts in WW1	Camels	55%
Rhyms with monkey and carried food supplies and ammunition in WW1	Donkeys	55%
Donkey-like animal used in WW1 to carry food suppliesand artillery	Mules	55%
Dead bodies filled with plastic explosives and left at factories. Used by the British against Germany in WW2	Rats	55%
Used as a stampede to crush the opponents	Cattle	27%
Killed 500 Japanese soldiers on a Burmese island in 1945	Crocodiles	27%
Used along the coast of the North Sea to attack pigeons	Hawks	27%
Used by ancient Greeks by hurling them to enemy ships	Snakes	27%
Carried live ammunition during the battle of Monte Casino	Bears	18%
Used to detect chemicals in the first Gulf War	Chickens	18%
Set on fire and let loose into enemy camps	Monkeys	18%
Marsupials used to raise morale during WW1	Kangeroos	9%