Minorca a stone's throw away (Documentary about Talayotic Culture of Minorca and Balearic slingers) 

+Huntsman Sling Thank you so much, We are glad you like it!! We did our best and it seems that there are not many viewers. Perhaps we should improve our SEO skils! Thanks for watching and sharing, Luis ":o)

Yo entiendo inglés! Hablo mucho inglés!

+Huntsman Sling I don't know if Balearic slingers were the strongest, but they were recruited so often!!

I think you're right, but I read that slinging is still practiced in the rural regions of Peru as it has for well over a thousand years. But everywhere else for example, in the British Isles and in the Hawaiian islands where the indigenous warriors were ferocious slingers there is no remnants of the slinging culture, not even for cultural reasons as practiced in the Balearic Islands. There were reasons for this. The Welsh and English longbow evolution proved far more effective than slings. In Hawaii the introduction of the flintlock musket, the military unifications of the islands, the resulting long-lasting peace and introduction of Christianity spelled the end of tribal warfare and with it the sling. Yet no one in those places practices slinging for cultural preservation reasons. Also slinging needs a lot of open space for practice and safety. You'd be surprised to find slinging in places one never considered. I learned that ancient Mongolian shepherds used the sling to protect their livestock, despite Mongolia being the land of recurve bow archery. Slinging continued in Europe as late as the early 13th century where Flemish? slinger mercenaries operated in France against the English.

@@jeffyoung60 Tibet as well still has slinging and a number of places in Africa use slings in herding. It could be argued that the Balearic Islands is one of very few places that retained slinging culture that treated the sling as a weapon of war, other cultures maintaining it as a herding tool primarily. Some Pacific Islands have very strong cultural connections to slings, particularly Guam which, in recent years, has made a big push into reviving its use.

+RekturRectus 420 thank you! You are very kind and we are grateful you enjoyed the video! You can see the size of the original projectiles in this video. There is an image of them in 7 min 23 seconds. They are smaller than the ones you see in the watermelon shots! I suppose you are right about the origin of the Talaiotic culture as is evidenced by the discoveries!! Thanks for watching and sharing!! Luis ":o)

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Si lo quieres ver en Español tienes que buscar el vídeo "Menorca a tiro de piedra" y activar los subtítulos del RU-vid, ya que al principio hablan en menorquín. Pero con los subtítulos no tendrás problemas! Espero que te guste! Luis ":o)

muchas gracias, por lo del menorquin no es problema, yo soy, hondero y menorquin

+Raúl Lopera García Hola de nuevo! Qué bueno!! Entonces no tendrás problemas en entender a nadie y supongo que ya conocerás a Luis Pons Livermore! Te dejo el enlace al vídeo en castellano: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZJuWEVeLYS0.html Nos vemos por la isla!! Un abrazo, Luis ":o)

Claro que lo conozco, somos amigos, y compañeros de equipo

un abrazo destmenorca