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.
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.
Scientists amazed as zoo elephant uses water hose to shower herself
Scientists amazed as zoo elephant uses water hose to shower herself - Mary, an Asian elephant at Berlin Zoo, has been dubbed ‘the queen of showering’.
Watch elephants use a hose to shower themselves – and prank others
By James WoodfordElephants are masters at using a hose – considered a complex tool because of its flexibility, length and the physics of flowing water.Researchers studying three Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) at Berlin Zoo were surprised to see how nimbly they manipulated a hose to shower themselves and seemed to understand how to get the best use out of it.
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.
Elephant filmed having a shower with water hose at German zoo in 'remarkable' footage
An Asian elephant named Mary has been secretly filmed displaying "sophisticated behaviour" as she showered herself with a water hose at Berlin Zoo. Experts from Humbolt University of Berlin have heralded her "remarkable skill" in using her limbs and trunk to masterfully control the hose while washing her body.
Zoo elephant uses water hose to shower herself
Brecht described Mary as the “queen of showering,” noting that while elephants often spray themselves with water, the use of a hose—a complex, flexible tool—demonstrates a deeper level of understanding.
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.
These Elephants Can Use Hoses to Shower—and Even 'Sabotage' Each Other, Study Suggests
Elephants are highly intelligent, social creatures capable of peeling bananas, burying and mourning their dead, solving problems and greeting their companions. Now, scientists have added another skill to this list: using hoses to keep themselves clean—and,
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,
Scientists stunned after elephant showers herself with a water hose – but footage also catches a cheeky ‘prank’
Experts believe this was an example of Anchali trying to "sabotage" Mary’s shower by cutting off the water supply using her trunk. The elephant did this by kinking and clamping the hose, as well ...
Watch a clever elephant use a hose to get clean
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 elephant garnered attention by learning to use hose to shower, then a jealous tusker sabotaged the show
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