Remarkable Sense of Touch in Elephant’s Trunk Isn’t Just about Muscles or Nerves: Study

Feb 17, 2026 - 15:45
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Remarkable Sense of Touch in Elephant’s Trunk Isn’t Just about Muscles or Nerves: Study
Schulz et al. examined the whiskers that cover Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) trunks and found that they are geometrically and mechanically tailored to facilitate tactile perception by encoding contact location in the amplitude and frequency of the vibrotactile signal felt at the whisker base. Image credit: Schulz et al., doi: 10.1126/science.adx8981.

In a new study, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems aimed to characterize the geometry, porosity, and stiffness of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) whiskers.

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