Elephants can communicate to each other through the trunks. When the trunks are lowered, that is a sign of friendliness and accommodation to each other. A raised trunk is on the other hand, a sign of agitation and it is done when the elephant encounters an enemy.
Superstition states that an elephant (or figure of one) with its trunk up is good luck.
The symbolism of an elephant with a trunk lifted is said to mean good luck. An elephant with its elephant down is said to be bad luck.
Is it bad luck when an elephant trunk is pointing down instead of up
There are no bones or cartilage in an elephants trunk.
The trunk of an Indian elephant ends in one 'finger' while the African elephant's trunk ends with two.
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.
There are those who believe that decorative images and pictures of elephants depicted with there trunks turned upwards are considered lucky. I do not know for certain, but I do not think the opposite is true.
An elephant has just one trunk.
An Elephant Seal. It's kinda like a trunk.
If it gets up by mistake, the elephant sneezes it out, but if they eat it on purpose, it goes down.
the elephant's trunk has about 15000 muscles
elephant trunk is like a banana trees stem