{"id":1127,"date":"2026-05-26T23:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T23:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2026-05-26T23:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T23:52:48","slug":"elephant-uses-stick-to-scratch-impossible-itch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=1127","title":{"rendered":"Elephant Uses Stick to Scratch Impossible Itch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visitors were amazed when an African elephant picked up a long branch and used it like a tool to scratch its back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.openai.com\/static-rsc-4\/8ZSgfgjDQrqBBS3gt3t7hMno942rQT0haWgpLVRR6GRonQ4ouvctrbdyZVBwJDNId1N_LF93WzouCPUT5ldKkYFE4uhNIFTWI9HaPzTvWIdTovFcYigbs7mSj4uHzC57d0w7kF7vn08U6NxBpz65y3s5GbFoD5qAL8nKOPdWr9lvBrRyVJTlPM2pWXOio48Q?purpose=inline\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The elephant carefully adjusted the stick with its trunk, rubbing hard-to-reach spots while appearing completely satisfied with the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.openai.com\/static-rsc-4\/FfdR2_0YzzQr2TvvoNQKf2czjZbv0u-wSGVkSvbbq0eEhAAhSlfowIWxJBoe3y6BfzD9zy7kKJieCWNlkDl3TgTbM7co5m5oK1Xe5f1sQuMDoChV36iow_tpVekeAMZtHGsOZobfc057W5DyonbSrY9OQRWWCwBKALGpJ8iYAcU?purpose=inline\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The clever moment highlighted the remarkable intelligence of elephants, which are known for problem-solving and tool use in the wild<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elephant using a stick to clean beneath its toe nails\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uF5L4XwYZ5M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visitors were amazed when an African elephant picked up a long branch and used it like a tool to scratch its back. The elephant carefully adjusted the stick with its &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elephant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1128,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions\/1128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}