Zoo elephants spotted using hoses
November 9, 2024 5:37 AM Subscribe
Why shower with your nose when you can use a hose? Zoo elephants adopt garden tech. Elephants in the Berlin Zoo were captured on video using a sophisticated tool — a hose — to take a shower and prank each other.
. . . and here I thought the donkeys were the smarter ones!
Oh wait, this is not a US election thread?
posted by nostrada at 6:31 AM on November 9
Oh wait, this is not a US election thread?
posted by nostrada at 6:31 AM on November 9
Is one elephant's pranking another elephant's attempt to enforce cultural norms? If we're going to anthropomorphize, let's commit to it.
posted by beaning at 6:51 AM on November 9 [1 favorite]
posted by beaning at 6:51 AM on November 9 [1 favorite]
I would have appreciated not seeing dreadful elephant links in the cute elephants with hoses post. Just so you know.
posted by Zumbador at 7:21 AM on November 9 [11 favorites]
posted by Zumbador at 7:21 AM on November 9 [11 favorites]
Read that title as horses. Imagine my excitement.
posted by run"monty at 10:54 AM on November 9 [1 favorite]
posted by run"monty at 10:54 AM on November 9 [1 favorite]
How does one say “Up your nose with a rubber hose!” in pachyderm?
posted by TedW at 11:19 AM on November 9 [1 favorite]
posted by TedW at 11:19 AM on November 9 [1 favorite]
Mod note: One removed. Maybe make a different post for depressing and/or horrible news about elephants. I understand you probably want to be awareness-raising, but that can have its own post and thread.
posted by taz (staff) at 9:45 PM on November 9 [4 favorites]
posted by taz (staff) at 9:45 PM on November 9 [4 favorites]
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posted by Captaintripps at 5:57 AM on November 9 [2 favorites]