Assertion: african elephant | /r/CapableOf | use their trunks
Facets:
value: like a straw
type: MANNER
value: to gather water
type: PURPOSE
value: to take dust baths
type: PURPOSE
value: to pick up things
type: PURPOSE
value: as a temporary container
type: PURPOSE
value: as holding
type: MANNER
value: secondly
type: MANNER
value: to pluck its tusk
type: PURPOSE
value: as snorkels
type: MANNER
value: to scratch the ear
type: PURPOSE
value: for communication
type: PURPOSE
value: to pluck leaves
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Since African elephants live where the sun is usually blazing hot, they use their trunks to help them keep cool.
text: While feeding, the African elephant uses its trunk to pluck leaves and its tusk to tear at branches, which can cause enormous damage to foliage.
text: African elephants use their ears and trunks for communication.
text: African Elephant using the trunk to scratch the ear
text: They will often totally submerge under water and use their trunks as snorkels.
text: Secondly, African elephants use their trunks to pick up things as the tips of their trunks are shaped like two “fingers”.
text: Using their trunks as a temporary container or holding, African elephants use their trunks to gather water and shoot it into their mouths.
text: Using their trunks as a temporary container or holding, African elephants use their trunks to gather water and shoot it into their mouths.
text: African elephants also use their trunks to take dust baths, which help to repel insects and guard against the harmful rays of the sun (where the temperature can easily exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit).
text: You probably know that elephants have long trunks, but did you know that the African elephant uses its trunk like a straw when it's thirsty?