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In comparison, the human body has just 600 to 700 muscles. While a trunk’s flexibility is remarkable, its thick outer skin also plays a crucial role.

Prior research has shown that the elephant trunk is a remarkable anatomical structure—made of some 46,000 muscles, it can be bent, turned, twisted and flapped depending on the needs of its owner.

(A trunk has some 46,000 muscles; the human body has 600 to 700.) Yet unlike an anemone or octopus tentacle, an elephant’s thick outer skin puts limits on the trunk’s movement.

Astoundingly, an elephant trunk alone has up to 40,000 muscles, much more than a human’s overall 600. The trunk is also used to breathe, drink, feed, smell, trumpet, and socialise.