clever

Scientists have long known that elephants are clever.

Now researchers report that a clever Asian elephant named Mary has learned how to shower herself using a hose.

Both elephants show clever use of a complex tool.

The smuggling gangs are clever and “know the terrain very well”, he explains.

The plants around us use a clever strategy when they are exposed to light that is too bright: their chloroplasts rearrange within their cells and collectively cover one another, in such a way that only the necessary amount of light is absorbed and damage to the cells is prevented.