To stay cool, and protect their skin, elephants wallow in mud, bathe in dust and use their trunks to spray themselves with ...

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 ...

Anchali the elephant was caught using her trunk to try and cut off the water, clamping the hose and putting pressure on the pipe in an attempt to stop her pal from washing. Both animals exhibited ...

Asian elephants are known for their impressive cognitive abilities, ranging from self-recognition in mirrors to navigating ...

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

The elephant, named Mary, was filmed using her trunk to spray herself with water, methodically lifting her legs and adjusting the hose to clean herself, a skill never before observed in elephants.

As an unexpected bonus, researchers say they also have evidence that a fellow elephant knows how to turn the water off, perhaps as a kind of "prank." "Elephants are amazing with hoses," says ...

An Asian elephant has been not-so-secretly filmed showering with a water hose at a zoo in Germany, in what scientists described as a “sophisticated behaviour” that shows “remarkable skill”.

Elephants at the Berlin Zoo display remarkable tool use: one showers with a hose while another disrupts the water, hinting at ...