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Zoologists in Germany have uncovered a
unknown sensory faculty in elephants. It explains why the
beasts' trunks are so
. The scientists found that the whiskers at the
of the trunk are sensitive enough to detect the smallest, most delicate
. The scientists are from the Haptic Intelligence Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. They say the
sensitivity of the whiskers compensates for the elephant's poor
. The whiskers are essential for navigating, locating
, and social communication. The researchers say the whiskers are "
" and give the elephant an added
of intelligence.
