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What is an elephant trunk used for?

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Drinking water

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What is the difference between the trunk of the African elephant and the trunk of the Indian elephant?

The trunk of an Indian elephant ends in one 'finger' while the African elephant's trunk ends with two.


How many muscles in an elephant's trunk?

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.


How many trunk does an elephant have?

An elephant has just one trunk.


What has a trunk but it is not an elephant?

An Elephant Seal. It's kinda like a trunk.


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the elephant's trunk has about 15000 muscles


What materials do we get from an elephant's trunk?

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How many muscles are there in an elephant trunk?

over 4,000 muscles are in an elephant's trunk.


Are there bones in an elephant's trunk?

no there are no bones on elephant's trunk. there are only muscles and ligaments.


What has a trunk?

An Elephant


What is another name for an elephant nose?

Elephant's noses are always called trunks.


How many bones are there in an elephant's trunk?

There are no bones in an elephant's trunk, but many strong muscles. It is just a long, powerful nose.An elephant's trunk, a union of the nose and upper lip is a highly sensitive organ with more than 100,000 muscle units. It uses its trunk to rub an itchy eye or scratch its ear. Trunks are also used to threaten, and to throw objects. It drinks by filling its trunk with water and then pouring the water into it's mouth. It is used as a snorkel when swimming and to smell. It would be difficult for an elephant to survive if it's trunk were damaged.


What is the name the long appendage that hangs from an elephant face?

That would be the trunk. An elephant's trunk forms the animal's nose and upper lip.