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Their tusks are used for a variety of different things. The most common one is Ivory on piano keys. But it is illegal to kill these animals because they are protected by law.
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An elephant's trunk is used for breathing, smelling, grasping food and carrying it to the elephant's matter, and siphoning up water so that the elephant can drink.
An elephant's trunk is tactile and very sensitive. They use it for communication and to stroke and show affection toward each other.
They use their trunk to reach things that are out of reach of their mouths.
An elephant trunk also comes in handy for sucking in and blowing out water during bathing time, and sucking in and blowing out dust for a dustbath.
Finally, an elephant can, and has been known to, use its trunk as a weapon. It carries a lethal punch when used to strike another animal.
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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 do elephants sound like?
They sound like a trumpet. Either that or someone blowing their nose really loud or obnoxiously, which is basically what elephants do with their trunks to make the noise.
What are elephants trunks made from?
thousands of muscles
Did elephants used to have short trunks?
yes
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!
What do elephants sound like?
They sound like a trumpet. Either that or someone blowing their nose really loud or obnoxiously, which is basically what elephants do with their trunks to make the noise.
How do elephants drink water?
Elephants have long trunks that they use to drink with, not there mouths!
