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Twisty, twirly, trunks!! 🐘🌿 Did you know there are 40,000 recognized muscles in the trunk of an elephant? 🤯 There are thought to be around 650 in the entire human body!! 😳 The trunk is both an upper lip and a nose with two nostrils running through its entire length. At the trunk’s tip, African elephant have two fingers while Asian elephants only have one. The dexterity of the fingers allows an elephant the ability to pinch and pick up a single grain of rice. 🌾 Elephants use their trunks for
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