# @sandiegozoo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CEsTB4OgSmc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34249526-sandiegozoo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b64d30afc1.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-09-03T23:03:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** San Diego Zoo (@sandiegozoo) — https://gondola.cc/sandiegozoo

## Caption

Swipe to boop Mary's snoot ➡️ 🐘 and keep reading to learn more about this unique appendage.

An elephant’s trunk is both an upper lip and a nose.

There are no bones or cartilage in the trunk, but there's other junk... like muscles!

There are 8 major muscles on each side of the trunk and 150,000 muscle fascicles (portions of muscles) for the entire trunk.

An 🐘’s trunk is so strong it can push down trees and so agile that it can pick up a single piece of straw.

#SnootBoop #Elefun #TrunkJunk #SanDiegoZoo

## Stats

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## Tags

trunkjunk, elefun, snootboop, sandiegozoo

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