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Loving touch between a mother and her calf.

Elephant Touch

Elephants love to touch each other. Explore friends with their trunk or slide sniff at their mate. They are an extremely sensitive creature. They also use touch for much more important activities. When they walk on untested ground they use the trunk to feel out the safe route. When they are assured of the ground's firmness they place the front foot forward. The rear foot then goes exactly into the same footprint.

Friends enjoy touching each other using the trunk as an arm.

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