Ka cika wannan magana: Masarautar Ptolemaic da kuma Punics sun soma samun giwayen Afirka don wannan manufar, kamar yadda Numidia da Masarautar Kush suka yi. Dabbar da aka yi amfani da ita ita ce giwa ta Arewacin Afirka ("Loxodonta africana pharaohensis") wanda zai mutu daga yawan amfani. Wadannan dabbobin sun fi ƙanƙanta, da wuya a kula da su, kuma ba za su iya yin iyo a cikin zurfin koguna ba idan aka kwatanta da giwayen Asiya da daular Seleucid ta yi amfani da su a gabashin yankin Bahar Rum, musamman giwayen Siriya, waɗanda ke tsaye a kafada. Wataƙila an sayar da wasu giwaye na Siriya zuwa ƙasashen waje. A fi so, kuma watakila na karshe da ya tsira, giwa na
Hannibal ya haye Alps ya kasance dabba mai ban sha'awa mai suna "Surus" ("Syria"), wanda zai iya kasancewa daga asalin Siriya, ko da yake shaidar ta kasance mai rikitarwa.