Show tI iJ J fill rf J WON WONDERFUL I. I tit I r i O I Even Human I tea Had d fan Can p With t the e Marvel of the the EI EUH EU- EU T 1 H i Trunk runic ru c. c F. F I J I Carl Akeley of the the Ameri American y n Mu Museum i scum seum of Natural History describes describe an elephants elephant's trunk as follows i in inthe ithe the Worlds World's Work In many other ways Nays besides s it its smelling ability the fhe elephants elephant's trun trunis trunk ki i is the most extraordinary part o othis of f this most extraordinary animal A Aman's Amans Amans Aman's mans man's has less universal uni arm a more or uni-t uni versal ersal joint at the shoulder The Th elephants elephant's trunk is absolutely flex flexible x 1 ible at every ery point It can turn i in in any direction and in whatever er position it is it has tremendous s Strength There is no bone in in it of course but it is is construe constructed ed o of interwoven muscle and sinew s stough eo tough lough that one can hardly cut it wita with wit witha a knife An elephant can shoot a 8 stream of water out of of it that would woul j put out a a fire lift a tree trunk trun I weighing a ton and throw it easily or it is delicate enough to pull pun a blade hlade of grass AV with ith He drinks wit with it feeds himself with it smells wit with i it works with it and at times fight fights 5 with it Incidentally a mouse that tha t endeavored to frighten an elephant tt t by the traditional nursery rhyme method of running up his trunk trun would fot be blown into the next coup coun ty tJ There is nothing else like a an elephants elephant's trunk on earth |