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Elephants are famous for their dexterous trunks, which the animals use to eat, drink, trumpet and breathe. If you take a ...

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Unlike many mammals whose whiskers cluster around their cheeks or chins, elephants’ whiskers, totaling about 1,000, are distributed down the entire length of their trunks. By measuring the structure ...

A new study from an interdisciplinary German research collaboration, led by the Haptic Intelligence Department at the Max ...

New research on elephant trunks is revealing how these animals use touch to explore their surroundings. A peer-reviewed ...

That’s because the trunk is highly sensitive when it comes to sensing touch. Scientists have determined that the whiskers ...

An elephant can lift a log, swing sand onto its back, and still pick up a peanut without crushing it. That mix of strength and delicacy has always looked a little mysterious, especially because ...

An elephant's trunk, despite its size and thick skin, can perform surprisingly delicate and agile movements, enough to grasp a small peanut or a crispy snack without crushing it. The secret to this se ...

The whiskers of elephants and domestic cats have stiff bases that transition to soft rubber-like tips, different from the stiff whiskers of rats ...

Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They play a crucial role for the animals, which have thick skin and ...