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Lamarck might have explained an elephant's long trunk through his theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics. He would suggest that ancestral elephants stretched their trunks to reach food and water, and this effort led to gradual elongation over generations. Thus, the traits acquired during an individual’s lifetime were passed down to their offspring, resulting in the long trunk observed in modern elephants.

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