This clever elephant didn’t just figure out how to turn a hose into a shower—she also had to deal with a mischievous friend.

An Asian elephant named Mary living at the Berlin Zoo surprised researchers by figuring out how to use a hose to take her ...

In the Berlin Zoo, Mary demonstrated another example of clever elephantine tool use while another animal exhibited a form of mischief with a hose that resembled a prank.

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 ...

An Asian elephant has been not-so-secretly filmed showering with a water hose at a zoo in Germany, in what scientists ...

Scientists say Mary's shower solution shows "sophisticated behaviour" - as does her pal Anchali who tried to stop her.

Elephants at the Berlin Zoo display remarkable tool use: one showers with a hose while another disrupts the water, hinting at ...

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

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

“The surprise was certainly Anchali’s kink-and-clamp behaviour. Nobody had thought that she’d be smart enough to pull off such a trick.” Elephants are usually trained not to step on hoses - so Anchali ...

They said she usually grasps the hose behind its tip to use it as a "stiff" shower head ... Brecht said: “The surprise was ...

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