A study of the evolution of longirostrine gomphotheres, an ancestor of the modern day elephant, suggests moving into open-land grazing helped develop their coiling and grasping trunks.
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Elephant trunks are very dexterous because they are so wrinkly
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Baby elephants don't know how to control their trunks - Upworthy
Asian elephants mourn, bury their dead calves: Study
The top side of an elephant's trunk is surprisingly stretchy
Elephants have evolved to be tuskless because of ivory poaching, a
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An Elephant Calf Can't Control Its Trunk For The First Year. Here's Proof
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