Mules are maybe the most useful freak of nature (sorta) for humans. They’re still used surprisingly widely - even the US military still keeps them on hand, for similar cases to this one: the terrain is so fucked that ground vehicles are going to have a hard time getting to certain areas.
Horses are way too flighty. If they step in hole or get stuck in the mud they go crazy and flail about. Mules, on the other hand, will remain calm and stop.
Mules are maybe the most useful freak of nature (sorta) for humans. They’re still used surprisingly widely - even the US military still keeps them on hand, for similar cases to this one: the terrain is so fucked that ground vehicles are going to have a hard time getting to certain areas.
I would have thought horses.
Horses are way too flighty. If they step in hole or get stuck in the mud they go crazy and flail about. Mules, on the other hand, will remain calm and stop.
I guess sometimes fitting the “stubborn as a mule” stereotype is a good thing.
Mules are better over extremely rough terrain - they’re shorter and stockier. Horses evolved to run over open grasslands, plains, and rocky steppes.
That makes sense. Thanks.