But in an elephant trunk, there are no bones to pull and no ... they can use it as a hose, or more like a fire hose. With one suck, a trunk can pull in as much as 10 liters of water.

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 ...

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”.

But not Mary, an Asian elephant who has been dubbed Berlin ... She prefers to shower her right with her trunk and her left with the hose. When the team introduced Mary to different hose sizes ...