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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: Discovery UK (@DiscoveryTV) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR26RMI9T8c
• Footage courtesy: Medieval Trebuchet (@MedievalTrebuchet) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4n1yoSCGtc
• Footage courtesy: fastflo1 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Ov-8b-d1E
• Footage courtesy: Smithsonian Channel (@SmithsonianChannel) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BpMf9869v4

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Transcript
00:00The Roman onager smashes stone walls with the brutal kick of an angry beast.
00:05How does a single wooden arm launch heavy boulders across massive fortress distances
00:10without black powder? Most builders assume giant metal springs absorb the shock,
00:16but twisting animal tendons created the real power. Tight bundles of horsehair and sinews
00:21store massive kinetic energy before snapping forward to hurl heavy rocks.
00:26This violent recoil mimics the wild animal it was named after before every heavy strike.
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