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

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.

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

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 ...

By James WoodfordElephants are masters at using a hose – considered a complex tool because of its flexibility, length and the ...

An elephant in Germany has taught itself how to shower, using a regular hose and skillfully positioning it to clean all parts ...

An Asian elephant named Mary has been secretly filmed displaying "sophisticated behaviour" as she showered herself with a ...

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 ...

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

Researchers have been impressed by the 'inventive' and 'expressive' use of a hose by an Asian elephant named Mary at the ...

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

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