Which animals have a trunk?

elephant. trunk = enlarged or hanging nose of an elephant.

Which animal has a long trunk?

What are elephants? Elephants are the largest living land animals, characterized by their long trunk (elongated upper lip and nose), columnar legs, ivory tusks, and huge head with wide flat ears.

Is an elephant the only animal with a trunk?

Although the idea of the trunk being a common trait between shrews and elephants seems quite exciting, the fact that the two genera have trunks must be seen as pure coincidence. Because of their African origin, elephant shrews, aardvarks, hyraxes, tenrecs, elephants and manatees are all classified as Afrotheria.

Has a lion killed a tiger?

At the South Perth Zoo in 1949, in a three-minute fight between a lion and a tiger, the lion killed the tiger. The fight occurred when the tiger put his head through a connecting slide. The lion caught the tiger by the throat, and, dragging it through the opening, killed it before the keepers arrived.

Do elephants have trunk?

An elephant’s trunk is actually a long nose used for smelling, breathing, trumpeting, drinking, and also for grabbing things—especially a potential meal. The trunk alone contains about 40,000 muscles. African elephants have two fingerlike features on the end of their trunk that they can use to grab small items.

What animals have trunks besides elephants?

Examples of animals with long trunks

• When we talk about animals with long trunks or short trunks, we are talking about it in relation to their body size.
• Giant anteater.
• Butterflies and moths.
• Among the animals with short trunks, we can find the following species:
• Elephant seal.
• Saiga antelope.
• Proboscis monkey.

What is a hump animal?

A camel is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as “humps” on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provide food (milk and meat) and textiles (fiber and felt from hair).

Do giraffes have trunks?

As with many extant large mammals, though, the giraffe is only a vestige of a once more diverse group. Perhaps the most famous of these extinct forms is Sivatherium, a giraffe that might have survived until about 8,000 years ago and was once believed to have possessed a trunk.

Is it possible to have a pet tiger?

Leaving aside Tigers enormous body size, just look at their front-hands/legs, if you have a pet Tiger and a brutal enemy, you might as well send them for a fist fight. Kidding, you cannot have a pet tiger, it illegal!

How did the Tiger pull himself through the grass?

The tiger crept forward on his belly, using his powerful arms to pull himself through the grass, and when he was just behind the buffalo he whispered, “Do not be afraid. I do not come to satisfy my hunger, but to seek your advice. Do tell me the answer to my question – for I am so curious to know.

Can Tigers imitate the call of other animals?

Tigers imitate the call of other animals! I had that same expression and it aroused me to dig deeper and found a positive answer, they certainly can. Hunting by mimicry is an added advantage to animals; it has been said that Tigers make a ‘pook’ sound similar to that of sambhar that draws these innocent animals into the trap and get ambushed.

Do Tigers have stripes on their skin?

Tiger stripes are also found on their skin Most of you may not know this but, most of the cat species have stripes on their fur as well as on their skin. It is actually true that similar to human fingerprints, the unique pattern of stripes on Tigers acts like their identity.