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Why does elephant has thicker legs? Explain in terms of breaking stress?​

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Since volume is proportional to area, volume is inversely proportional to pressure.

An elephant has a greater weight towards Earth's surface, so it has a larger legs of larger volume which exerts less pressure on Earth's surface in order to prevent it from immersing in soil, or soft land

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