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Why do elephants wave their trunks in the air?

Landenm ∙

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∙ 13y ago

Updated: 10/8/2023

The elephant's ears are large and thin, with lots of blood vessels. Flapping its ears is a way for the elephant to cool itself.

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∙ 15y ago

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What is the conditional form of all elephants have trunks?

If all elephants have trunks, then they must be present.

What do they do with the elephants trunks?

elephants have 40,000 muscles in there trunk

What is it that elephants and trees have?

Trunks

Do elephants use their trunks to smell their surroundings?

Yes, elephants use their trunks to smell their surroundings. Their trunks are equipped with a highly developed sense of smell that helps them locate food, water, and other elephants.

How do elephant's drink?

Elephants draw the water up into their trunks and then squirt the water from their trunks into their mouth.

What do mammoths and elephants have in common?

Their trunks

Can elephants smell with there trunks?

yes

do elephants drink water from their trunks?

no!

How do elephants drink water?

Elephants have long trunks that they use to drink with, not there mouths!

How do female elephants protect their infants?

with their trunks.

How many trunks do elephants have?

One(1)

Did elephants used to have short trunks?

yes

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