The elephant's ears are large and thin, with lots of blood vessels. Flapping its ears is a way for the elephant to cool itself.
In captivity it is likely a sign of deep frustration and boredom. They are intelligent creatures that need a very large habitat to be comfortable.
Elephants wave their trunks in the air and side-to-side to improve their sense of smell. They also use their trunks as "snorkels" while swimming.
Because they are keeping time.
to keep off of bugs
elephants have 40,000 muscles in there trunk
At one time in history there were elephants with long trunks and elephants with shorter trunks. The long trunks helped those elephants to survive and therefore pass their traits to the next generation.
Trunks
Elephants draw the water up into their trunks and then squirt the water from their trunks into their mouth.
Baby elephants suck with their trunks
They pick up with trunks because trunks are hands to elephants and they have no other way to pick up there food
Their trunks
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Elephants have long trunks that they use to drink with, not there mouths!
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