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 ...

Elephants normally wash themselves by using their handy trunks to dip into water and then squirt it on themselves. But not Mary, whose been dubbed the "Shower Queen" at the Berlin Zoo. She uses a hose ...

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 ...

An Asian elephant has been dubbed the “queen of showering” after it was filmed washing itself with a hose in a German zoo, demonstrating “remarkable skill”, according to stunned scientists. Mary was ...

Elephants are serious about self care. To stay cool, and protect their skin, they wallow in mud, bathe in dust and use their trunks to spray themselves with water. Now, an Asian elephant named Mary, ...