This makes the bellows-like structure of the arm extremely flexible, like an elephants'. And, like the elephant, it can become very rigid when needed with a pneumatic (pressurized gas) control unit.

The quick-thinking elephant extended its trunk into the water to create a place for the gazelle to climb out. Unfortunately, the first rescue attempt didn’t work.

For example, the most recent detailed account of elephant trunk anatomy is a hand-drawn monograph that was published in 1908, Mr. Schulz said. Contrary to popular belief, the trunk does not act ...

A couple months into development, the fetal trunk has about four wrinkles — at which point there’s sudden exponential growth. “Every 20 days, the number of wrinkles doubles,” he says.

Understanding how elephants use their trunk Date: August 23, 2021 Source: Université de Genève Summary: The elephant proboscis (trunk) exhibits an extraordinary kinematic versatility as it can ...

Trunk muscles form what a scientist would call a muscular hydrostat, a boneless tube of muscles that easily changes shape. (A trunk has some 46,000 muscles; the human body has 600 to 700.) ...

Life Elephant’s trunk may be one of most sensitive body parts of any animal The bundle of nerves that controls the elephant’s trunk contains 400,000 neurons – a lot more than we expected ...