Scientists amazed as zoo elephant uses water hose to shower herself - Mary, an Asian elephant at Berlin Zoo, has been dubbed ...

In the Berlin Zoo, Mary demonstrated another example of clever elephantine tool use while another animal exhibited a form of ...

An Asian elephant has been dubbed the “queen of showering” after it was filmed washing itself with a hose in a German zoo, ...

Elephants appear to be exceptionally good with hoses, possibly linked to the similarity between the trunk and the hose.

During shower time, another Asian elephant, called Anchali, started pulling the hose toward herself and away from Mary, lifting and kinking it to disrupt the flow of water. Prof Brecht said ...

Elephants seem to not only know how to use the hose, but also how to intentionally interfere with others using it.

One elephant named Mary showed a sophisticated showering technique, and another regularly tried to stop the flow of water ... the hose was too thin or too thick, she would either not shower ...

To stay cool, and protect their skin, they wallow in mud, bathe in dust and use their trunks to spray themselves with water ... using a large hose to give herself a shower. Mary’s hose-wielding ...

In a remarkable display of intelligence, an Asian elephant at Berlin Zoo has stunned scientists by teaching herself how to shower ... water, methodically lifting her legs and adjusting the hose ...