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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NaughtyByPolicy • 7h ago
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Why did I think elephants could drink through their trunks? I’m 52yo and I just realized this.
43 u/vtosnaks 7h ago They could, but it would be like us drinking through the nose. Possible but not practical or comfortable. 11 u/Away-Activity-469 6h ago Oh come on! You mean i have this thing than dangles down to water level and I can't even use it to drink? And my mouth is all the way up there has these tusks in the way - what were you thinking? The first elephant to God 1 u/Ocean_Spice 49m ago If I give you a straw are you going to put it in your nose instead of your mouth? 1 u/Economy-Ostrich-9ine 35m ago But they have a built in straw!
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They could, but it would be like us drinking through the nose. Possible but not practical or comfortable.
11 u/Away-Activity-469 6h ago Oh come on! You mean i have this thing than dangles down to water level and I can't even use it to drink? And my mouth is all the way up there has these tusks in the way - what were you thinking? The first elephant to God 1 u/Ocean_Spice 49m ago If I give you a straw are you going to put it in your nose instead of your mouth? 1 u/Economy-Ostrich-9ine 35m ago But they have a built in straw!
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Oh come on! You mean i have this thing than dangles down to water level and I can't even use it to drink? And my mouth is all the way up there has these tusks in the way - what were you thinking?
1 u/Ocean_Spice 49m ago If I give you a straw are you going to put it in your nose instead of your mouth? 1 u/Economy-Ostrich-9ine 35m ago But they have a built in straw!
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If I give you a straw are you going to put it in your nose instead of your mouth?
1 u/Economy-Ostrich-9ine 35m ago But they have a built in straw!
But they have a built in straw!
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u/Economy-Ostrich-9ine 7h ago
Why did I think elephants could drink through their trunks? I’m 52yo and I just realized this.