The elephant has a secret hiding right on its nose. Its famous trunk, full of muscle and devoid of bone, can move in a virtually infinite number of directions and is capable of performing an array ...

Anchali the elephant was caught using her trunk to try and cut off the water, clamping the hose and putting pressure on the pipe in an attempt to stop her pal from washing.

Well, it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the elephant’s trunk. Proboscideans first started popping up in Africa during the early Eocene, around 55 million years ago.

On October 8, 2024, in Zhejiang, China, at Longzhimeng Animal World, Chén Jiāxī recorded an elephant using its trunk to locate and grab carrots placed above it. The video shows the elephant ...

“So that’s how they come out to be an elephant instead of a normal mammal with a little nose like us.” A couple months into development, the fetal trunk has about four wrinkles — at which ...

Even a baby elephant, like this newborn Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), has a well-wrinkled trunk, which is so much more useful than storybook smooth forms. Paul Gilham/Getty Images Share this: ...

“So that’s how they come out to be an elephant instead of a normal mammal with a little nose like us.” A couple months into development, the fetal trunk has about four wrinkles — at which ...

“So that’s how they come out to be an elephant instead of a normal mammal with a little nose like us.” A couple months into development, the fetal trunk has about four wrinkles — at which ...