Quote Originally Posted by hamishspence View Post
It does say the trunk is used to wrestle with other elephants. And in fiction, elephants clubbing with their trunks comes up a lot.
I just came across a anecdote where an elephant trainer recounted how a newer, less respectful elephant trainer used a mean training technique on an elephant, and the elephant whacked her across the room with it's trunk. It appears to be highly effective vs. humans!