<p>Um... well, I know it’s not nice to praise oneself. And I know you know that I am NOT a genius! But I do have my special talents. See, I can wiggle just my one ear if I concentrate. Like an elephant. <br /><br />Do you know, elephants fan their ears so that the blood in the ear cools and when the cool blood flows through the rest of the body, it becomes a really cool elephant!<br /><br />The trunk of an elephant has no bones. It has about 150,000 muscles and nerves, which help make the elephant trunk the most amazing multi-utility tool — it does duty as a nose, straw, hand, paw, rope, and while swimming, as an aerial breathing equipment. <br /><br />Each time it needs a drink, the trunk can suck nearly 2 gallons of water... and spurt it into its mouth! <br /><br />If a normal elephant drinks 80 gallons of water a day, how many trunkfuls is that? Easy! But what is a gallon?<br /><br />Out of the Maze:<br /><br />Our elephant has to have 40 refills to drink 80 gallons of water. Imagine drinking 40 ‘tumblers’ of water each day! A US gallon is roughly equal to 3.8 litres. <br /><br />According to the International System of Units (SI units), which India follows, there are 4.5 litres in a gallon.</p>
<p>Um... well, I know it’s not nice to praise oneself. And I know you know that I am NOT a genius! But I do have my special talents. See, I can wiggle just my one ear if I concentrate. Like an elephant. <br /><br />Do you know, elephants fan their ears so that the blood in the ear cools and when the cool blood flows through the rest of the body, it becomes a really cool elephant!<br /><br />The trunk of an elephant has no bones. It has about 150,000 muscles and nerves, which help make the elephant trunk the most amazing multi-utility tool — it does duty as a nose, straw, hand, paw, rope, and while swimming, as an aerial breathing equipment. <br /><br />Each time it needs a drink, the trunk can suck nearly 2 gallons of water... and spurt it into its mouth! <br /><br />If a normal elephant drinks 80 gallons of water a day, how many trunkfuls is that? Easy! But what is a gallon?<br /><br />Out of the Maze:<br /><br />Our elephant has to have 40 refills to drink 80 gallons of water. Imagine drinking 40 ‘tumblers’ of water each day! A US gallon is roughly equal to 3.8 litres. <br /><br />According to the International System of Units (SI units), which India follows, there are 4.5 litres in a gallon.</p>
