Unbelievable African Elephants. Elephant Facts: The Incredible Animals of Earth

Unbelievable African Elephants. Elephant Facts: The Incredible Animals of Earth

Elephants are huge, strong, intelligent, and sociable mammals. For centuries, humanity has been amazed by their size. Elephants surprise with their long and flexible noses, large and flapping ears, and loose and wrinkled skin. They are among the most famous animals in the world. There are many stories and movies about elephants--you've probably heard about Horton, King Babar, and baby Dumbo.

Elephant ears, in addition to their proper function, also act as air conditioners. When it is hot, elephants flap their ears and thereby cool the blood in their ears, which, thanks to the numerous blood vessels, cools the entire body of the animal.

The elephant's trunk functions as its uppermost lip and nose at the same time. There are 8 large muscles on each side of the trunk, and there are about 150,000 muscle bundles (muscle lobes) along its entire length. There is no bone or cartilage on this unique appendage. It is so strong that it can lower the trunk of a tree down and so nimble that it can pick up just one straw. Elephants use their trunks like we use our hands: grasping, holding, lifting, touching, pulling, pushing, and throwing.

The trunk also functions as a nose. It has two nostrils, for sucking air, through the long nasal passages, into the lungs. Elephants use their trunk to drink, but water does not travel to the nose as in a straw, instead, it lingers in the trunk and then the elephant lifts its head and pours the water into its mouth...
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