This elephant gives herself nice showers with a hose. But another elephant keeps ruining them
Not only does Mary the Asian elephant prefer to shower herself, but she's really good at it. So good, in fact, that her dexterous bath-time ritual is the subject of a new study about animal tool use.
This elephant figured out how to use a hose to shower
An Asian elephant named Mary living at the Berlin Zoo surprised researchers by figuring out how to use a hose to take her morning showers, according to a new paper published in the journal Current Biology.
These Elephants Can Use Hoses to Shower—and Even ‘Sabotage’ Each Other, Study Suggests
Mary, a 54-year-old Asian elephant at the Berlin Zoo, is the “queen of showering,” but her companion Anchali seems to have figured out how to exploit that habit to play pranks
Impossibly Adorable Footage Shows an Elephant Turning a Hose Into a DIY Shower
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.
Elephants Use Water Hoses with Impressive Skill —and Even Sabotage Each Other
Also, the elephant “Mary is the queen of showering.” Asian elephants are known for their impressive cognitive abilities, ranging from self-recognition in mirrors to navigating intricate social interactions.
Watch this elephant turn a hose into a sophisticated showering tool
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 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on November 8,
This elephant uses a hose to give herself a shower every day
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.
Baby elephant falls over while trying to sit in water tub
A clumsy baby elephant fell over while trying to sit in a water tub during bath time. The juvenile jumbo named Sai Mai was being sprayed with refreshing water hose when it tried to fit its body in the black container at the Sriayuthaya Lion Park Zoo in Ayutthaya,
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