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An elephants trunk is part of their genetic make up (its in their DNA), their trunk grows when they are in their fetus stage. If you want to see, image search "elephant fetus" actually kind of neat.
Nobody is quite certain how the elephant got its trunk, though it's ancestors had very small trunks. It grew longer as the surroundings changed, and has become a very resourceful tool for grabbing food to eat.
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∙ 11y agoThey didn't. Elephants are mammals. They are not descendant from dinosaurs.
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Use Darwin's theory to explain how the trunks of elephants might get longer over many generations?
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.
What do baby elephants suck with?
Baby elephants suck with their trunks
Why do elephants pick things up 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
What are elephants trunks made from?
thousands of muscles
Why were the elephants asked to leave the swimming pool?
They weren't wearing their trunks.
What do they do with the elephants trunks?
elephants have 40,000 muscles in there trunk
Use Darwin's theory to explain how the trunks of elephants might get longer over many generations?
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.
What is it that elephants and trees have?
Trunks
How do elephant's drink?
Elephants draw the water up into their trunks and then squirt the water from their trunks into their mouth.
What do baby elephants suck with?
Baby elephants suck with their trunks
Why do elephants pick things up 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
What do mammoths and elephants have in common?
Their trunks
Can elephants smell with there trunks?
yes
do elephants drink water from their trunks?
no!
How do elephants drink water?
Elephants have long trunks that they use to drink with, not there mouths!
Did elephants used to have short trunks?
yes
How many trunks do elephants have?
One(1)
