In the study, researchers, who refer to this as ‘trunkedness’, explain that the whiskers on an elephant’s mouth will be worn-down on the side most frequently used by the trunk to deliver food.

An elephant’s trunk has eight major muscles on either side and 150,000 muscle bundles in all. It is so strong that it can push down trees and lift a whopping 700,000 pounds. Its got the moves ...

Researchers fed Kelly the elephant 24 plates of either chopped cubed veggies (panels a-c) or bran cereal flakes (d). To eat the cereal, Kelly pushed her trunk down over the pile and pinched the ...

In the study, researchers, who refer to this as ‘trunkedness’, explain that the whiskers on an elephant’s mouth will be worn-down on the side most frequently used by the trunk to deliver food.

According to the Royal Society, all mammals have facial whiskers, with the exception of great apes and humans. Now, if that wasn’t big enough news in itself (just me?), it turns out that elephants ...