Elephants can wash with a hose – and sabotage shower time, scientists say
by Nicola Davis Science correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#6S302)
An elephant at Berlin zoo used its trunk to interrupt flow of water from hose used by another elephant
If you get frustrated by the shower hog in your house you're not alone: research suggests such behaviour might even irritate elephants.
Scientists say they have not only discovered an elephant with an astonishing ability to shower with a hose, but spotted another cutting off the flow of water - possibly in a deliberate act of sabotage.
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