Recently, scientists discovered a peculiar behavior exhibited by an elephant at the Berlin Zoo. The elephant skillfully used its trunk to peel a banana before eating it. Researchers believe that, although it was not trained, the elephant had observed its keeper peeling bananas and mimicked the action.
The elephant skillfully uses its trunk to peel a banana before eating.
An astonishing video captured this moment. It may be the first video to show an elephant peeling a banana before consumption.
In this video, Pang Pha first grabs the banana with its trunk. It then twists its trunk around the banana, breaks it in half, and throws the peel to the ground. After that, Pang Pha picks up the banana again and uses its trunk to peel the banana. This peeling action by Pang Pha was recorded on April 10 and published in the latest issue of Current Biology.
