- Elephant trunks are amazing at sucking: researchers at Georgia Tech discovered that elephants can use suction to grab food and are able to pick up tortilla chips without breaking them. They can also inhale at speeds exceeding 490 feet per second, or almost 30 times as fast as humans can sneeze. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/science/elephant-trunks-suction.html 40 comments science
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