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The transcript talks about the speaker's experience in Thailand with elephants and their living condition and also discusses the range of elephants in Africa and how fascinating their trunks are.
22:26 - 24:33 (02:06)
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The transcript talks about the speaker's experience in Thailand with elephants and their living condition and also discusses the range of elephants in Africa and how fascinating their trunks are.
ChapterThe Amazing Elephant Trunk
EpisodeSelects: Elephants: The Best Animals?
PodcastStuff You Should Know
The elongated nose of elephants, or trunk, has evolved over time as compensation for reaching things that are high up or on the ground without making themselves vulnerable to attack.
24:33 - 25:50 (01:16)
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The elongated nose of elephants, or trunk, has evolved over time as compensation for reaching things that are high up or on the ground without making themselves vulnerable to attack. An elephant's trunk is not just a nose, as it can also hold up to two gallons of water.
ChapterThe Amazing Elephant Trunk
EpisodeSelects: Elephants: The Best Animals?
PodcastStuff You Should Know
Elephants use a complex and intricate sign language, including their trunk, called Elephant Voices, which has a database of elephant gestures based on decades of close study of elephants.
25:50 - 28:25 (02:35)
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Elephants use a complex and intricate sign language, including their trunk, called Elephant Voices, which has a database of elephant gestures based on decades of close study of elephants. The names of the different elephant gestures in the database are unique and sound like they were all written by Nell.