Can an elephant survive without its trunk? Unfortunately for one calf in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, this is not a hypothetical question. It’s an experiment that’s unfolding in real ...

There are fears for a baby elephant spotted walking in the wild without a trunk. The calf was filmed among a herd of adults in South Africa’s Kruger National Park missing its vital appendage.

The chances of an adult elephant surviving in the wild without its trunk are slim. An adult needs to eat between 200-600 pounds of food a day and drink up to 50 gallons of water a day.

A trunk is crucial to an elephant’s survival as it is used for eating, drinking, communicating and sensing danger through smell. The trunk is a fusion of the upper lip and nose and filled with ...

That means they're made almost entirely of muscle, and an elephant's trunk has a lot of them, about 40,000, compared to around 650 muscles in the entire human body. Normally, muscles depend on ...

An elephant’s trunk is a marvel of biology. Devoid of any joints or bone, ... Kelly was able to use suction to lift and grab the chip without breaking it.

An incredible video shows the elephant, named Pang Pha, first grasp the banana with the end of her trunk. Then, she twists her trunk around on itself, breaks the banana by ripping off the stem end ...

With a mix of flexibility and power, an elephant can peel a banana or pick up a tortilla chip without breaking it, though not the way human fingers would (SN: 4/21/23). The chip lift, for instance ...

An elephant’s trunk is a remarkable organ: a fusion of nose and upper lip, capable of movement via a dense network of muscles. It’s strong enough to lift a log, and sensitive enough to perform ...