A German zoo has built a brand-new elephant enclosure for its jumbos. Aerial footage shows the 16,300-square-metre (approximately 1.63 hectares) under-construction area at Berlin Zoo. The enclosure ...

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Elephants in the Berlin Zoo were discovered using a hose as ... University neuroscientist Lena Kaufmann visited the elephant enclosure one day. She spied Mary using a hose to wash herself instead ...

But when one Asian elephant at Berlin Zoo called Mary was seen using her trunk to manipulate a hosepipe to wash herself, her mischievous friend Anchali, who she shares an enclosure with ...

Mary was captured on camera at Berlin Zoo methodically washing her body with the hose, using her limbs and trunk to guide it. As an “unexpected bonus”, the team also observed another elephant ...

"She looks less enthusiastic," Brecht said. "You can tell." Mary is the only elephant at the Berlin Zoo who showers herself, Bretcht says, but she's not the only self-starter. Earlier this year ...

In a remarkable display of intelligence, an Asian elephant at Berlin Zoo has stunned scientists by teaching herself how to shower using a hose, demonstrating what researchers have called ...