Walking up to the vendor, the baby elephant adorably gestures for some watermelon. The woman behind the stall obliges, ...

What ensues is surprising and poignant: the mother elephant, who had been standing off to the side as the event took place, raised her trunk up in the air, as if in a gesture of silent gratitude ...

Mary, the Berlin Zoo’s “Queen of Showering”, uses a hose to wash herself in a unique behaviour observed by researchers. Photo: Reuters ...

While Mary was happily showering with the hose, another elephant named Anchali would sometimes grab the hose with her trunk and squeeze it to stop the water flow.

A clever elephant has cleaned up by learning how to use a hose as a shower. Mary, an Asian elephant, was caught on camera showering at Berlin Zoo in Germany.

This elephant gives herself nice showers with a hose. But another elephant keeps ruining them Sheena Goodyear | CBC Radio | Posted: November 12, 2024 2:56 PM | Last Updated: Just now Scientists ...

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.

Mary the elephant shows off her hose-showering skills. Credit: Urban et al./Current Biology An Asian elephant named Mary living at the Berlin Zoo surprised researchers by figuring out how to use a ...

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 elephant can blow out water harder and faster to reach areas they can't actually reach with the trunk. Putting the hose closer only means they wanted to reach and area the hose could reach.