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 not-so-secretly filmed showering with a water hose at a zoo in Germany, in what scientists ...

A pair of elephants at the Berlin Zoo have figured out how to use a hose as a make-shift flexible shower head. Not only do ...

Tool use isn't unique to humans. Chimpanzees use sticks as tools. Dolphins, crows, and elephants are known for their tool-use ...

Urban et al./Current Biology] In a fascinating display of animal intelligence, researchers have documented the sophisticated use of a hose by an Asian elephant named Mary at the Berlin Zoo, as ...

A clever elephant has cleaned up by learning how to use a hose as a shower. Mary, an Asian elephant, was caught on camera ...

Asian elephants at Berlin Zoo show impressive skill when using a hose as a tool, and even appear to sabotage each other by stopping the flow of water ...

Tool use isn't unique to humans. Chimpanzees use sticks as tools. Dolphins, crows, and elephants are known for their tool-use abilities, too. Now a report highlights elephants' remarkable skill in ...

They found that Mary preferred the 24-millimeter (0.9-inch) hose, spending the largest fraction of time showering with it out of all three options. When given the thickest hose, Mary chose to spend ...

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

The elephant, called Anchali, sabotaged her friend Mary's shower by lifting and kinking the hose to disrupt the flow of water. The researchers say they now wonder what the findings in zoo elephants ...

That doesn’t mean plants are off the hook hose-wise, though. If roots go dry long enough ... You don’t need a lot of water to ...