Elephants are pretty much screwed without their facial elaboration, but some unfortunates do have to get along without one, like the fella below in Botswana. It could have been a birth defect, maybe it got infected and fell off or bitten by a crocodile, we don’t know.
His deficit means that he has to get on his knees to drink water and can only eat easy to reach food. He probably has a bit of a struggle but is obviously surviving so far. Good luck fella.
Now, you may ask yourself why I bothered to write a short essay on the ins and outs of the elephant’s trunk, and that’s a valid question. I guess I was just reminded you should never take anything for granted. Everything is more interesting than it seems, especially if you’ve seen it so often you’ve stopped noticing.
Join me next time when I present 8,000 words on the knee bone of the gnat. Only kidding of course, they don’t have bones.
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