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”.

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 ...

another elephant named Anchali would sometimes grab the hose with her trunk and squeeze it to stop the water flow. This seemed to correspond to times when the two animals were in a tiff.