An elephant’s trunk is like the
Swiss Army knife of the animal
kingdom.
TRUE. It’s a sniffer, snorkel, bucket, glass,
fingers, back-scratcher, shovel, and nose.An elephant has more muscles in its
trunk than you have in your body.
TRUE. You have up to 850 muscles; an
elephant’s trunk has 15,000.As quiet as a cat on carpeting,
elephants tiptoe through forests.
TRUE. Due to the structure of their feet,
they walk on their toes. Their specially
padded feet work like shock absorbers
and muffle the sound of each step.The tusks are just ornamental.
FALSE. Tusks are used for protection,
digging, and ripping apart trees.You probably drink as much wa-
ter as an elephant does each day.
FALSE. An elephant drinks more than 50
gallons of water a day, sometimes all at
once.© DARYL BALFOUR / NHPAA
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