Elephants evolved strategies reducing the biomechanical complexity of their trunk Highlights d Elephants evolved strategies reducing the biomechanical complexity of their trunk d Object transport is achieved by propagating inward curvature from the trunk tip d The trunk can form rigid segments connected by pseudojoints for point-to-point motion d The trunk tip tangential velocity obeys a power law with its path curvature
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