Gap Fill - Elephants - Level 5

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Zoologists have uncovered a unknown sense in elephants. It explains why the elephant trunk is so . The scientists found that the whiskers at the end of the trunk are enough to feel very small and objects. The scientists are from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. They say the sensitivity of the whiskers makes up for the elephant's poor . The whiskers are essential for navigating, finding , and communicating. The researchers say the whiskers are "" and give elephants an added sense of .

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