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Since the pachyderms don't have fingers or thumbs to grasp things, they've adapted their trunks to grab, lift and pull things and since they don't have the kind of bodies that can lean to the ground to drink or eat, they can use their trunks. Not only to snort a trunk full of water to drink, they can also bathe the same way. Their trunks can hold around 10 - 12 litres of water, that's around 3 gallons.
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∙ 14y agoelephants can smell, drink, eat, and wash themselves with their trunks. it can also be used as a snorkel.
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What do they do with the elephants trunks?
elephants have 40,000 muscles in there trunk
Whats it called when elephants walk trunk to tail?
Elephants do not naturally walk trunk to tail as seen in cartoons and in circuses. This is a learned behavior of captive elephants.
What is the name of the lo an long appendage that hangs from elephants face?
a trunk
Is there a main muscle in a elephants trunk?
no
What special features do elephants have?
They have a trunk
Do elephants breathe out of their trunk?
Yes they do.
How do African elephants protect themselves?
elephants protect themselves by flailing their trunk. their trunk is very strong.
What makes an elephants trunk move?
Elephants have muscles and tendons just like any other part of the body that flex and move the trunk.
Do elephants breath through their long trunk?
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.
What do you call an elephants long nose?
trunk
How do elephants cope with other animals?
with its trunk
Do Indians eat elephants trunk?
No , not at all.
