Elephant trunks are some of the most impressive noses in the animal kingdom. Trunks are organs called muscular hydrostats and they contain around 40,000 muscles that contract and expand to create ...
A new study suggests that an elephant's muscles aren't the only way it stretches its trunk -- its folded skin also plays an important role. The combination of muscle and skin gives the animal the ...
On a sunny day at Zoo Atlanta in 2020, Kelly the African bush elephant reached for a snack and revealed something strange. High-speed cameras tracking her movements suggested that the skin on top of ...
An elephant’s strength is so great that it can take down trees simply by tugging at the branches with its trunk. A video from the YouTube channel, PETER FERNANDES (GRENT WORLD), shows one determined ...
A superstud bull elephant is amazing zoo fans with his astonishing feats of strength and skill. African bull elephant Tusker, who sired 13 calves at his previous zoo homes, has become a star ...
A new study highlights the impressive biomechanics and suction power of an elephant’s most defining appendage. By Richard Sima An elephant’s trunk is a marvel of biology. Devoid of any joints or bone, ...
There’s a Sherlock Holmes tale in here somewhere: A clever observer could check wrinkles and whiskers on an elephant trunk to catch a left-trunker pachyderm perp masquerading as a righty, thanks to a ...
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