The trunks of elephants are extremely versatile. They can be used as a tool for many tasks. Elephants can shift logs weighing up to 600 kilograms and at the same time pick up something as small as a coin! Trunks have no bones but do have over 80,000 muscles, which are very flexible. It is usually 2 meters long and weighs around 140 kilograms. The Asian elephant has one finger on the end of the trunk, the African has two. Read More
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We share with elephants not only cognitive skills but also emotions. ‘The cerebral cortex allows for cognitive processing in land animals’, like humans elephants have exceptional cognitive abilities for tool use and tool making as well as problem-solving. Read More
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Sabían que Elefante en latín (ele y fante) significa el Gran Arco! La palabra ‘elefante’ tiene origen en el Latín y el Griego. Elephas, en griego elephos representa a una bestia con cuernos o un ciervo. En Latín, ele significa arco y fante significa enorme. El término Loxodonta, utilizado para describir el elefante africano, significa dientes en forma de rombo. Read More
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