There are over 40,000 muscles in an elephant’s trunk

Photo courtesy: Kazi Faiza Tasnim Neha

The elephant’s trunk contains over 40,000 muscles, divided into as many as 150,000 individual units! Compare that to the human body, which contains a paltry 639 muscles, and you start to get an idea how intricate the appendage is.


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