The bundle of nerves that controls the elephant’s trunk contains 400,000 neurons – a lot more than we expected – suggesting the trunk is incredibly sensitive. Close. Advertisement.

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But this sensory input triggers other nerves responsible for moving the trunk and limbs. As the paper’s other co-senior author Jocelyne Bloch puts it, ...