Assertion: african elephant's trunk | /r/HasProperty | sensitive
Facets:
value: highly
type: DEGREE
value: to vibrations
type: CAUSE
value: from smell
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: The trunk is sensitive enough to pick up a blade of grass and strong enough to rip the branches off a tree.
text: The trunk is sensitive enough to be able to pick a single straw up of the ground but it is also strong enough to tear branches from a tree.
text: An elephant’s trunk is extremely sensitive and can suck up to 14 litres of water at a time.
text: The trunk is a multipurpose prehensile organ and highly sensitive, innervated by the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve and by the facial nerve.
text: So sensitive is an elephant’s trunk that is more capable than a bloodhound's nose and is said to be able to smell water from several miles away.
text: Aside from smell, the trunk is sensitive to vibrations; from the ground it can sense the rumble of faraway herds and even far-off thunder.
text: The trunk is dexterous and sensitive while at the same time being strong and powerful.
text: The trunk is highly sensitive and they are very careful to protect them, sleeping with trunks tucked up under their chins and will adopt the same position when threatened.