On average, the trunk of an African elephant can reach up to 7 feet. Asian elephant’s trunks can reach lengths of up to 6 feet. Elephants can lift 4.5% of their weight using their trunk.

What suddenly made long jaws such a liability? Well it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the elephant’s trunk. Eons is available to stream on pbs.org and the free ...

Continue reading to learn more about the evolution of the elephant’s trunk. Many scientists speculate as to why elephants ...

We also wanted to explore the role of the trunk in these animals’ feeding behaviours, and the environmental background for the co-evolution of their mandibles and trunks.” “Our cross-disciplinary team ...

Scientists had assumed that elephant trunk skin largely stretches the same way all over. When Schulz sent data from Kelly and a male elephant, Msholo, to colleagues, they said, “Oh yeah ...

Wrinkles can even reveal whether an individual elephant prefers to bend its trunk to the right or the left, according to the new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science on Wednesday.

According to a recent study, an elephant’s folded skin plays a significant part in stretching its trunk besides its muscles. The findings could improve robotics, which today are typically built ...

flexible trunks instead: mammoths, mastodons, and our modern elephants.What suddenly made long jaws such a liability? Well it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the ...