- This study compares an elephant's and a human's abilities to suck a nacho chip with their nose: "A human’s nose would have to get within 0.4 mm of the tortilla chip to lift the chip with suction." https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2021.0215?amp%3B= 4 comments science
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- Elephant Trunks: Is There Anything They Can’t Do? - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/science/elephant-trunks-suction.html 41 comments
- Newly recognized tricks help elephants suck up huge amounts of water https://www.sciencenews.org/article/elephants-trunk-suction-biophysics-water-airflow 6 comments
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