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With incredible strength and remarkable precision, an elephant wraps its powerful trunk around a massive tree branch and pulls it to the ground. What may seem like a display of sheer force is actually a natural behavior shaped by survival. Elephants break branches to reach fresh leaves, tender bark,...

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