Biomechanics of the elephant trunk / Curr. Biol., Aug. 23, 2021 (Vol. 31, Issue 21)

Continuously flexible, the elephant trunk is capable of torsion, bending, elongation, shortening, and stiffening, all without the support of any bone. A team of scientists from the University of Geneva, led by Michel Milinkovitch, combines motion capture experiments with medical imaging to investigate the integrated form and function of this sophisticated organ. They show that elephants have evolved remarkable strategies to reduce the biomechanical complexity of their trunk.

Check out the paper at http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)01133-7.

P. Dagenais, S. Hensman, V, Haechler, and M.C. Milinkovitch (2021). Elephants evolved strategies reducing the biomechanical complexity of their trunk. Curr. Biol. 31.

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