This Is How to Give an Elephant a Pedicure

Forget the files and clippers. If you need to give a pedicure to an elephant, you’ll need heavy duty tools. Elephants who live at the Cologne Zoo in Germany get their feet beautified as part of their health care regimens and training. This is a necessary medical procedure. In the wild, the elephant’s nails would naturally grind down. The pedicures shorten the nails in the zoo environment to mimic what would happen in nature.