— Naturalists consider the elephant's . trunk the most _ marvellous miracle of _Nature It contains over 4000 muscles—a 'great many more i.han aro found in the entire human body. By the aid of these muscles the trunk will uproot trees or gather grass, lift a cannon or a nut, kill a man, or brush off a fly. It is as useful as a hand with all its fingers to supply the elephant with food, and, being hollow, is used as a suction pump. No other animal has a single member or organ bo perfect and so useful as ibia,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16663, 7 April 1916, Page 94
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97Page 94 Advertisements Column 5 Otago Daily Times, Issue 16663, 7 April 1916, Page 94
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