Trunk dexterity defined: Scientists decipher facial motor management in elephants

Elephants have an incredible arsenal of face, ear and trunk actions. The trunk consists of much more muscle groups than your entire human physique and might carry out each highly effective and really delicate actions. A workforce of scientists have now examined the facial motor nucleus of African and Asian elephants, the mind construction that controls the facial muscle groups of those animals. This nucleus comprises extra facial motor neurons than in every other terrestrial mammal, the scientists present. African elephants specifically have notably distinguished neuron clusters for the management of the trunk ‘fingers’.