This curious elephant managed to remove a branch with its trunk when looking for a water pipe on South Africa's Kruger National Park.<br /><br />The footage captured on September 30, 2017, shows the large animal using its trunk and feet to remove al large branch and other debris, including rocks, to reveal a water pipe.<br /><br />The filmer explained: "Living in the bush, some of the biggest maintenance nightmares are caused by Elephants. <br /><br />"From smashing electric fences around camps, right to their favourite, ripping up water pipes. <br /><br />"Trying to hide any freshwater plumbing from them is a near-impossible task. <br /><br />"Elephant’s sense of smell are incredible, especially for finding water. <br /><br />"They can smell a pipe with water at depths of 3 meters or more below the ground. <br /><br />"In this video, it shows how this elephant discovers the hidden end of an overflow water pipe below a dam. <br /><br />"Covering the end of the pipe with logs and rocks clearly doesn’t stop a determined elephant looking for a pipe. <br /><br />"With no effort, these obstacles were removed and the end of the pipe exposed. <br /><br />"As they do, the elephant started pulling the pipe to see what comes out. <br /><br />"They are always after freshwater rather than muddy river or dam water. <br /><br />"Living among humans, they have learned that these pipes mostly hold clean fresh water. <br /><br />"This time it was not the case, as this pipe just takes overflow water from the above dam."
