Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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🐘 Think an elephant’s trunk is just a giant nose? Think again! Discover four incredible ways elephants use their trunks, from picking up delicate blades of grass and sniffing out food to spraying themselves with water and even using their trunks as snorkels. Which trunk superpower do you think is the coolest?

🐘 0:00 - Wildest ways Elephants use their trunks!
🖐️ 0:24 - Using their trunk as a hand!
🐽 1:22 - They use their trunk as a nose!
💦 1:50 - They can use their trunk as a hose!
🤿 2:17 - Using their trunk as a snorkel!

Credits:
• The Government of Botswana Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism
• Creative Contributor: Bertie Gregory.

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