Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Masarautar Ptolemaic da Punics sun fara samun giwayen Afirka don wannan dalili, 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. Giwa da aka fi so, kuma mai yiwuwa ita ce ta ƙarshe da ta tsira a lokacin da Hannibal yake haye Alps
wata dabba ce mai ban sha'awa da ake kira "Surus" ("Syria"), wanda wataƙila asalin Siriya ne, kodayake shaidar ta kasance mai rikitarwa.