On average, the trunk of an African elephant can reach up to 7 feet. Asian elephant’s trunks can reach lengths of up to 6 feet. Elephants can lift 4.5% of their weight using their trunk.

They use their nose like we use our eyes ... If you were to dissect an elephant trunk, it would actually look more like the inside of your tongue than your nose. Trunks, tongues, and even octopus ...

The sharp scales which the elephant trunk snake possesses are not for protection, but are instead used to grip and hold onto slippery prey, such as fish. The snake’s body is cylindrical ...

For years, social media users have shared images and videos they claimed show Elephant Rock, a naturally formed geological ...

and has great trunk control for such a young age. This baby’s really keeping mom on her toes.” Tula-Tu at the Oregon Zoo Attendance is up at the Oregon Zoo. Could it be the baby elephant?

Tula-Tu becomes more and more elephant-like every day. Sure, she’s still pretty tiny — for an Asian elephant calf, at least (At just over 1 month old, she now weighs 287 pounds. When she was ...