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Young elephant gets revenge on bully by kinking her shower hose

Ellsworth Toohey
Nov 11, 2024
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Still from a video abstract for the 2024 Current Biology paper on elephant water hose tool use. Credit: Urban et al./Current Biology

Researchers at the Berlin Zoo have documented sophisticated tool use by an Asian elephant named Mary, who demonstrated remarkable skill in handling water hoses for showering.

The study revealed that Mary exhibited complex be…

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