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 ...

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. By Emily Anthes Emily Anthes ...

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 ...

Elephants in the Berlin Zoo were discovered using a hose as a type of tool, which the researchers say highlights just how intelligent these animals are. One elephant named Mary showed a sophisticated ...

Elephants 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 ...

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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 ...

A CLEVER elephant has proven just how smart her kind is in remarkable new footage. Mary, an Asian elephant at Berlin Zoo, was captured showering herself with a water hose to the shock of scientists.