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The Real Just So Stories: How the Elephant Got Its Trunk

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1/5. Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories have enchanted generations of children with their fanciful explanations of how animals came by their peculiar features. But natural historians, folklorists and fossil experts have their own explanations. Alistair McGowan revisits the Kipling stories and asks how the elephant really got its trunk.

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Presenter:
Alistair McGowan
Producer:
Jolyon Jenkins
Source: Radio Times

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