The Best Nose in the Animal Kingdom

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The Best Nose in the Animal Kingdom

As a breeze blows through the savannah, a snake-shaped tube stretches into the air and scans the horizon like a periscope. But it’s not seeing— it’s sniffing. Containing no bones and an estimated 40,000 muscles, an elephant trunk is one of the most versatile tools in the animal kingdom. Chase LaDue and Bruce Schulte detail the incredible capabilities of these agile appendages.

Credits:

educators: Lesson by Chase LaDue, Bruce A. Schulte

art director: Petya Zlateva

animators: Petya Zlateva, Nataliya Atanasova

narrator: Addison Anderson

sound design, original music: BigBanda Soundscapers

producers: Gerta Xhelo, Bethany Cutmore-Scott (TED-Ed), Vessela Dantcheva (Compote Collective)