Elephants use about 1,000 specialized trunk whiskers with a built-in stiffness gradient to precisely sense contact.

Elephants use about 1,000 specialized trunk whiskers with a built-in stiffness gradient to precisely sense contact.

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A new study from an interdisciplinary German research collaboration, led by the Haptic Intelligence Department at the Max ...

That’s because the trunk is highly sensitive when it comes to sensing touch. Scientists have determined that the whiskers ...

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