Containing over 40,000 muscles and tendons, an elephant's trunk is both strong and sensitive. It can pick up a peanut or hoist a 400 pound log. Trunks enable elephants to reach food otherwise available only to giraffes and climbing or flying animals. An elephant can't drink through its trunk any more than you would drink through your nose. However, water can be sucked into the trunk, then sprayed into the mouth.
Elephants also cool themselves by spraying themselves with water. .
Page 4 Page 6 . . . . . . . GEO L INKS . . Animals adopted as official state or provincial symbols are on display at Geobop's Animal Symbols . GeoBooks . . B ACK . .