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Sophisticated is a synonym of advanced.

In elephant point of view, hose and shower are definitely sophisticated (=advanced) tools. While they may experience it regularly, they usually dont operate them. Like humans with airplanes.

When it’s an elephant doing so. It would not be sophisticated for a human.

For a human, it could be considered a developmental milestone.

That's a good point. For a sufficiently young human it would be considered sophisticated.

Would it be considered more advanced if it was using it as a password cracking tool? ;)

For HN it is, as most tech guys /coders don't even shower after they arrived somewhere from their bike commute.

What kind of bike commute are we talking, 20 minute casual flat land plain clothes upright Dutch bike commute or 20 mile uphill lycra sports SF $10K carbon fiber bike commute? If you sweat/stink profusely for the former you should probably see a doctor or like, slow down a bit. If it's the latter, it's a sports exercise, not a commute and you should shower / change before work.

By "average animal" standards, it's quite sophisticated.

And these day - clicky headlines suggesting advanced intelligence in charismatic animals are great for paying the bills.