Asian elephants in southern India have been spotted holding twigs with their trunks and using them to scratch their ears and mouths.<br /><br />Footage filmed on July 24 shows the animals, named Sunder and Menaka, using the twigs to scratch places on their faces they can't quite reach.<br /><br />Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) is home to 23 Asian elephants, mainly captive-born but some rescued from temples. Sunder, a 20-year-old elephant, was rescued from a temple in Kolhapur, Maharashtra and housed in BBP since 2014. <br /><br />Menaka is seen using a similar technique but scratching her belly and neck using a small twig.
