1 How much water can an elephant fill in its trunk at a time?  

If you have ever seen an elephant eating and drinking, then you would think that this is a very common process, but in reality, it is not so.  These are the world's largest land mammals, using their long trunks to pick up food and bring it to their mouth.  You will be surprised to know that adult elephants eat more than 180 kg (400 lb) of food daily.

They use their trunk for drinking water, plucking twigs, shaking trees, and Taking a bath.  A new study by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology reveals that the elephant's trunk is a very powerful and complex structure.  Research shows that elephants use different techniques to pick up things and carry them from one place to another.  

They can wrap them with anything, twist and twist things, pull them, and even shred them.  In fact, the trunk of elephants Behind this strength is their hydrostat muscles.  The same strong hydrostat muscles are also in the tentacles of octopuses.

When elephants pick up a food item, they use all four movements of their trunk.  they tend to break objects slowly Lip-like ends made on the front side of the trunk can be used.  Apart from this, they can also use their proboscis to pull different-sized food items in like a vacuum cleaner.  With their trunk, elephants can grab even the most delicate things without breaking or damaging them.  

Elephants, instead of using their trunk like a straw while drinking water, multiply them by stretching the inner muscles of the trunk, which About 10 liters of water can be filled at a time.  Not only this, they can search for food from miles away with their trunk.  In fact, scientists are researching the elephant's trunk so deeply that they can copy it to make better 'soft robots'.  

Such robots work to grab objects and help people, such as the doctor in the operation theater getting the right equipment for surgery, etc.  Along with this, scientists will also be able to reduce the risk of extinction of elephant species of African and Asian origin with such research.
 

2 Why do the leaves of the Mimosa plant shrink as soon as you touch it?

You must have seen Baa Mimosa plants planted in the gardens and homes.  You must have seen them even by touching them.  Their leaves shrink as soon as they touch them.  After some time all the leaves open back to their former position.  This change takes us by surprise.  We keep thinking that how does this happen?

Let us know, interesting information related to the leaves of mimosas.  Mimosa plant also known as Lajwanti and Touch me not plant.  This plant wilts when it is touched, windy or raining.  After a while, it automatically becomes the same again as before.  Even if you make a loud noise around this plant, It fades too.  The botanical name of this plant is Mimosa Pudica.  According to scientists, the leaves of this plant are made up of many cells.  

They are filled with liquid.  This fluid of cells keeps its leaves upright.  But when there is a slight movement in the liquid, its pressure decreases.  In this way, the leaves shrink.  In the rainy season, this plant bears purple, pink, and blue flowers.  Its leaves have antiviral and antifungal properties.