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The Inca repurposed hunting bolas to entangle horses’ legs.

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“They Inca employed the bolas, which they'd used for hunting the great birds of South America to tangle the legs of horses.”
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The Inca repurposed hunting bolas to entangle horses’ legs. · Savlar