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yes the elephants breathe through their trunk.. Think of it as a straw in your mouth. They drink by breathing in. they really suck the water in their trunk and squrit it into their mouth.
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How do elephant breathe?
Elephants breathe through the mouth or trunk (which is just a very long nose) . The air then goes to the lungs, which function just like ours.
What do you call an elephants long nose?
trunk
Do elephants have a long trunk?
Asian elephants usually have trunks that are 13 feet long, Indian elephants are usually 11 feet long
How do elephants trumpet?
Elephants make sounds with their larynxes just as we do. Their long trunks help to modify some sounds and trumpeting is achieved by blowing through the trunk.
What is the name of the lo an long appendage that hangs from elephants face?
a trunk
What is the long appendage that hangs from an elephants face?
trunk
How do elephants looks like?
They are big and gray and fat with a long trunk.
Do elephants drink through their trunk?
No, elephants do not really drink "through" their trunks, but rather suck water up with their trunks, and squirt it into their mouths. They also squirt themselves with water to bathe! An elephant's trunk is a very long nose, with six major muscle groups, and over a hundred thousand individual muscles! An average sized elephant can hold approximately 4 liters of water in its trunk!
How long is the wooly mammoth?
Up to 15.67 feet long longer than the average elephants trunk
What do elephants and elephant shrew have in common?
There is a resemblance between their long noses and the trunk of an elephant
How an elephant eats food does it use its long white teeth to eat or does it eat with its trunk?
Elephants breathe through their trunks. An elephant uses its tusks (long white teeth) for defense and as a tool for digging or fighting other elephants. It has other teeth inside its mouth that it uses for chewing food before swallowing. Elephants use their trunks to wrap around limbs, twigs, grasses, and leaves, to tear them off the plant. Then, with their trunk, they stuff the food in their mouth where they chew it up and swallow it.
What is a elephants trunk used for?
They're called teeth. The extended upper incisors are called tusks.
