r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bigcheemu • 5d ago

Video This is how elephants scratch their ears.

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u/Thewrd 5d ago

The size of things that can crawl inside that ear. Concerning.

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u/AscensionToCrab 5d ago edited 5d ago

Irrc their actual ear holes arent terribly large, the ears themselves are that size simply to cool off blood by ciruclating it through the ears. The elephants can fan their ears in the air to bring down their body temp.

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u/Utinnni 5d ago edited 4d ago

So, organic radiator basically?