Skin Helps Elephants Use Their Trunks to Stretch and Grab (VIDEO)

Georgia Institute of Technology

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By watching elephants reach for food at Zoo Atlanta, researchers found that the skin on the dorsal side of the animal's trunk is more elastic than its bottom side.

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Georgia Tech/Zoo Atlanta

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