If you have been through the ringer trying to find the perfect garden hose (one that is lightweight, won’t split or burst, is ...

The land is owned by Anglian Water but leased to Wymondham Town Council, which manages the site and is responsible for providing allotments for locals. The allotment holders received a letter form ...

We’ve tested popular car phone holders – including non-magnetic and magnetic car phone mounts from Halfords, Amazon and Argos – to find out which ones will grip your mobile securely and remain stable ...

Researchers at the Humboldt University of Berlin and the Berlin Zoological Garden studied water-hose tool use among three female elephants—Mary, Pang Pha, and Anchali. Mary, in particular ...

Now, researchers at the Berlin Zoo have unveiled another layer of their intelligence: the sophisticated use of water hoses as tools. Mary the elephant, taking a shower. Image credits: Current Biology.

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”.

In the study conducted at the Berlin Zoo, researchers observed Mary coordinating the hose with her limbs to wash different parts of her body. This is a video abstract of the elephant named Mary ...

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 ...

She spied Mary using a hose to wash herself instead of the common technique of sucking water up her trunk and spraying it over herself. She took a brief video and showed it to her colleagues back ...

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

A pair of elephants at the Berlin Zoo have figured out how to use a hose as a make-shift flexible shower head. Not only do they use the water to get clean, but they have been observed turning the ...

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 ...