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When they are in captivity this is a sign of psychosis. This is brought on because they are not in their natural habitat and their needs are not being met. Mostly because of the lack of space to roam.
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∙ 12y agoThey are usually scenting whats going on around them,to check for danger and to locate other members of the herd,also it could be pure boredom
Mostly the reason why is the have to breath and also they sometimes don't know when their trunk is going to sway or they don't sometimes have control
There is no particular reason that elephants constantly move their trunks. But considering that there are over fourty thousand individual muscles in an elephant's trunk, and that they use them for just about everything, from scratching their eyes, to eating, to basic physical interactions with other elephants, it would be pretty hard for an elephant not to constantly move it's trunk.
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∙ 12y agoThere is no particular reason that elephants constantly move their trunks. But considering that there are over fourty thousand individual muscles in an elephant's trunk, and that they use them for just about everything, from scratching their eyes, to eating, to basic physical interactions with other elephants, it would be pretty hard for an elephant not to constantly move it's trunk.
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∙ 10y agobecause they're depressed and going insane due to captivity. they're too smart to be confined.
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because that's the way life is. When you got a lumpy head, you got a lumpy head.
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