• Question: why cant elephants jump

    Asked by anon-186556 to Verity, Trystan, Raquel, Danny on 13 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Danny Ward

      Danny Ward answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      Elephants can’t jump as they are very heavy enormous heft,they have relatively weak leg muscles and inflexible ankles. They don’t really need to jump though, their lifestyle doesn’t require for this for survival and so they have been adapted to their environment 🐘

    • Photo: Verity Hill

      Verity Hill answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      It would hurt them a lot! Their bones are so heavy, and they can reach up for things they need with their trunk anyway

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