A human body has roughly 600–700 muscles in total. An elephant’s trunk alone packs on the order of 40,000 muscle units — a hose that can pick a peanut or lift a log.
Bundles of muscle with no bones inside give endless soft shapes: sniff, suck, grasp, spray, trumpet. Fine tips act like fingers for delicate work.
The trunk is a Swiss Army organ. Smell, touch, tool use, and social greeting all run through one flexible column of living cable.
Shahzad Mahota
An elephant’s trunk has about 40,000 muscles
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