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Elephant trunk whiskers give keen sense of touch, study finds

Business Line 14 Feb 2026
Unlike rodent whiskers, elephant ...
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Study unlocks the secrets of the whiskers on an elephant's trunk

RTE 14 Feb 2026
And the roughly 1,000 whiskers covering the trunk are central to its utility, highly specialised for facilitating tactile feedback ... "Each whisker on their trunk acts as a tactile sensory organ, extending their tactile range.".
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The secret to an elephant's grace? Whiskers

Mount Carmel Register 13 Feb 2026
An elephant's trunk can surpass a human's height and lift trees -- a marvel of strength that's conversely so gentle it can grasp a tortilla chip without breaking it ... .
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The secret to an elephant’s grace? Whiskers

Straits Times 13 Feb 2026
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Study unlocks secrets of the whiskers on an elephant’s trunk

Sowetan Live 13 Feb 2026
And the roughly 1,000 whiskers covering the trunk are central to its utility, highly specialised for facilitating tactile feedback ... “Each whisker on their trunk acts as a tactile sensory organ, extending their tactile range.”.
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An Elephant Is Blind Without Its Whiskers

New York Times 12 Feb 2026
There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found ... .
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Elephants' peculiar whiskers help them sense the world around them

Scientific American 12 Feb 2026
Pachyderm whiskers are more flexible at the tip than the base, allowing elephants to complete delicate tasks with their incredibly strong trunks ... .
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Unique structure of elephant whiskers give them built-in sensing "intelligence"

Ars Technica 12 Feb 2026
Scientists have determined that the whiskers lining the trunk are crucial for that sensitivity thanks to their unique structure, amounting to a kind of innate "material intelligence, according to a new paper published in the journal Science.
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Elephants are smart. So are their whiskers.

Popular Science 12 Feb 2026
Inside, 1,000 whiskers give the large animals a very strong sense of touch to compensate for poor eyesight and thick skin ... Initially, the team expected that the whiskers would be more similar to the tapered whiskers of mice and rats.
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Elephant trunk whiskers exhibit material intelligence (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften eV)

Public Technologies 12 Feb 2026
) Homepage Newsroom From the Institutes Elephant trunk whiskers exhibit material intelligence. Elephant trunk whiskers exhibit material intelligence ... Elephant whiskers exhibit material intelligence for touch sensing.
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Alpine skiing-'I am furious' - France's Allegre misses super-G medal by a whisker

Straits Times 11 Feb 2026
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Nationwide and Whisker Labs Expand Strategic Initiative to Deliver 500,000 More Ting Sensors for Fire Prevention (Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company)

Public Technologies 11 Feb 2026
Nationwide and Whisker Labs Expand Strategic Initiative to Deliver 500,000 More Ting Sensors for Fire Prevention ... "Nationwide continues to demonstrate incredible leadership in member safety." said Bob Marshall, CEO of Whisker Labs.
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NParks looking into allegations involving man cutting community cat’s fur, whiskers in Tanjong Pagar

Straits Times 09 Feb 2026
The incident allegedly occurred at about 5.28pm on Feb 7 in Everton Park ....
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Manu Bhaker misses gold by a whisker, settles for silver at Asian Championship

The Times of India 09 Feb 2026
The final was one of the tightest contests of the championship, with Manu and Vietnam’s Nguyen Thuy Trang locked in a gripping duel ... Esha made a strong start, opening with a perfect five in the first series, while Manu and Trang managed four each ... .
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The bush is back — but ‘whisker fatigue’ is the unexpected side effect

Metro UK 06 Feb 2026
Like a too tight pony tail, apparently ....

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