This is Lily, the youngest cow in Mount Camdeboo's herd. She was using her trunk and mouth to break the leaves and branches off this tree. An elephant's trunk is an amazing appendage! It is flexible enough to twist and curl, but strong enough to break branches and delicate enough to pick up small objects off the ground. Elephants use their trunks to feed, drink, smell, scratch, shower, dust bath, greet, communicate, comfort, breathe. Such a useful organ is complicated to control though and learning to coordinate the muscles in their trunk effectively, takes an elephant years of practice.