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Elephants use about 1,000 specialized trunk whiskers with a built-in stiffness gradient to precisely sense contact.

Elephants use about 1,000 specialized trunk whiskers with a built-in stiffness gradient to precisely sense contact.

That’s because the trunk is highly sensitive when it comes to sensing touch. Scientists have determined that the whiskers ...

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Elephants use their trunks much like a human uses their hands: to pick up food and manipulate objects. A new study finds that tiny, specialized whiskers on elephant trunks help them do it.