Elephant trunk
An elephant trunk or elephant's trunk is the proboscis/nose of an elephant. An elephant's trunk contains 8 pairs of muscles (and 150,000 muscle fascicles) and can be about 6-8 feet long. An African elephant's trunk has a diameter of about 15 centimetres at the tip, with nostril diameter of 2 inches.
The phrase may also refer to other things considered similarly shaped, including:
- Elephant trunk (astronomy), a type of formation of interstellar matter.
- The Elephant's Trunk nebula, a specific nebula, also in astronomy.
- Elephant Trunk Hill, a landmark and tourist attraction in Guilin, Guangxi, China.
- A funnel cloud
- Elephant trunk snake, a species of snake.
See also
- Elephant's toothpaste, an experiment using the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide using a catalyst, which produces an exothermic reaction of rising foam.
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