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The Roman siege engine with the kick of a wild donkey.
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--- FOOTAGE CREDITS (Educational Fair Use) ---
• Footage courtesy: Whisper Product Reviews (@WhisperInc.) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V97k2eBuZXE
• Footage courtesy: Top Fives (@topfives) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myGSumfNnw8

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00:00A massive Roman wood catapult violently snaps backward, threatening to crush its crew.
00:06Engineers designed this single arm to hurl massive boulders across stone castle walls during intense battles.
00:13Common sense says a counterweight drops to fire, but this beast uses twisted animal tendons instead.
00:20Untwisting ropes store massive kinetic energy, snapping the wooden arm upward with brutal explosive force.
00:27The terrifying recoil mimics a wild donkey kicking its handler, which gave the weapon its name.
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