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An elephant's trunk is an incredibly useful tool. It is very powerful, enabling the elephant to move large obstructions, yet sensitive enough to pick up a single peanut. The trunk's functions include:
- A grasper
- Hose-like, able to suck large quantities of water to be ejected into the mouth or elsewhere.
- Breathing apparatus, for when the elephant is underwater.
- Trumpet-like
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What is the difference between the trunk of the African elephant and the trunk of the Indian elephant?
The trunk of an Indian elephant ends in one 'finger' while the African elephant's trunk ends with two.
What is the name the long appendage that hangs from an elephant face?
That would be the trunk. An elephant's trunk forms the animal's nose and upper lip.
Is the trunk of an elephant bone or cartilage?
There are no bones or cartilage in an elephants trunk.
What carries a trunk?
an elephant
Trunk up and down on an elephant what does it mean?
Superstition states that an elephant (or figure of one) with its trunk up is good luck.
Why do elephant use their trunk to drink?
Because they use their trunk as their mouth sometimes to when they want to drink.
In what ways does an elephant use its trunk?
The elephant uses his trunk to eat (the trunk grasps the food and then puts it in the elephants mouth), to shower (takes in water in his trunk and the throws it out on him) and to make noise (to trumpet).
What is the difference between the trunk of the African elephant and the trunk of the Indian elephant?
The trunk of an Indian elephant ends in one 'finger' while the African elephant's trunk ends with two.
How many muscles in an elephant's trunk?
The amount of muscles an elephant has in its trunk varies on the size of the elephant, as an elephant grows larger it will build more muscles. The average elephant has approximately 40,000 muscles in its trunk.
What structure does an elephant use in order to obtain water?
its trunk
What two things does an elephant use its trunk for?
bathing and eating
How many trunk does an elephant have?
An elephant has just one trunk.
What has a trunk but it is not an elephant?
An Elephant Seal. It's kinda like a trunk.
Are there muscles in the elephant trunk?
the elephant's trunk has about 15000 muscles
What materials do we get from an elephant's trunk?
elephant trunk is like a banana trees stem
How many muscles are there in an elephant trunk?
over 4,000 muscles are in an elephant's trunk.
Are there bones in an elephant's trunk?
no there are no bones on elephant's trunk. there are only muscles and ligaments.
