Understanding how elephants use their trunk

ScienceDaily
Aug 23, 2021, 12:58 pm118 pts
The elephant proboscis (trunk) exhibits an extraordinary kinematic versatility as it can manipulate a single blade of grass but also carry loads up to 270 kilograms. Using motion-capture technologies developed for the movie industry, a team of scientists demonstrates that the complex behaviors of the elephant…

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