11 Delightful Baby Elephants Figuring Out What Their Trunks Are

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Everyone has to start somewhere, and elephants are no exception. And learning to use a trunk -- an incredibly complex appendage with over 150,000 separate bundles of muscle fibers -- is certainly no easy task. Here are 11 elephant calves learning to control those muscles and master the art of trunk wagging.

1. Learning to pick up grass...

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2. ... and trying to learn to drink.

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3. Sometimes you step on your own trunk ...

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4. ... other times you're just feeling the temperature.

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5. It's harder than it looks, okay?

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6. It's especially difficult underwater ...

7. ... or when no one will help you out ...

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8. ... or when you have an audience.

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9. But you will master the trunk someday ...

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10. ... with some practice ...

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11. You'll be a natural!

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