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.
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 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
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
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.
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.
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’.
Clever Asian elephant scientists call “queen of showering” uses hose to rinse off in incredible footage
Watch as a smart Asian elephant named Mary uses a hose to take a shower - gripping the pipe with her trunk. Brilliant video shows a clever elephant taking a shower by learning how to use a hose. Researchers also have evidence that another elephant knew how to turn the water off, possibly as a prank.
Elephants filmed using a hose for showering, 'pranking' each other: study
Elephants in the Berlin Zoo were captured on video using a sophisticated tool — a hose — to take a shower and prank each other.
Young elephant gets revenge on bully by kinking her shower hose
Researchers at the Berlin Zoo have documented sophisticated tool use by an Asian elephant named Mary, who demonstrated remarkable skill in handling water hoses for showering. The study revealed that Mary exhibited complex behaviors typically associated with advanced tool use.
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