Because they use their trunk as their mouth sometimes to when they want to drink.
The amount of muscles an elephant has in its trunk varies on the size of the elephant, as an elephant grows larger it will build more muscles. The average elephant has approximately 40,000 muscles in its trunk.
bathing and eating
its trunk
An elephant has just one trunk.
An Elephant Seal. It's kinda like a trunk.
the elephant's trunk has about 15000 muscles
elephant trunk is like a banana trees stem
no there are no bones on elephant's trunk. there are only muscles and ligaments.
over 4,000 muscles are in an elephant's trunk.
An elephant is a huge animal with a trunk.
through its trunk 2nd answer: The elephant neither eats nor drinks through its trunk, although it does use its trunk to spray water into its mouth. The elephant grazes for its green food . . . certain grasses, certain tree leaves, and so forth. It uses its trunk to push or pull food into its mouth.