According to the study, the folded skin at the front of the trunk adds to an elephant’s mobility, allowing the animal to stretch out and pick up faraway objects. The findings, the researchers say, ...

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 ...

An elephant uses its trunk to eat, drink, and socialize, but the animal's adaptability means losing one may not be a death sentence. 0:35. ANIMALS; VIDEO; This Baby Elephant Lost Its Trunk.

Unlike an elephant’s trunk, the machines can’t do both.  According to a recent study, an elephant’s folded skin plays a significant part in stretching its trunk besides its muscles.

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: ...

First, the African forest elephant, a third species, wasn’t included in the analysis. She says those animals would have provided another point of reference for the development and use of the trunk.