The sign for "elephant" uses a flat hand to show the trunk.
Start near your nose and then move downward and outward.
ELEPHANT:





Elephant animation: (version 1)

There is another version of elephant that uses a "C" handshape to show the shape of the trunk.
ELEPHANT (version 2)





See:
Elephant animation (version 2)
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