There is a fable that the elephant used to have a short bulgy nose, instead of their iconic long trunks. One day, an elephant had a child, and the baby elephant was very curious about all the animals and why everything worked. He continued to ask questions such as- “What does the crocodile eat for dinner?” and he was told to go to a river full of them to find out. The baby elephant went to this greasy river, and a crocodile urged him to come closer. Then the crocodile caught his nose in his teeth, and the baby elephant began trying to pull his nose free. His nose began to stretch, and became a trunk. From then on, the elephants that came after him also had much more useful, long trunks.