An unusual case of a talking elephant which appeared in the Daily Telegraph 9 April 1980

[jojojojoanne]

Soviet zoo 'has talking elephant' by richard beeston in moscow

Batyr, a 10 year old Indian elephant at the Karaganda Zoo in Soviet Kazakhstan, can say phrases like 'Batyr is good' and verbs like 'drink' and 'give' a moscow newspaper reported yesterday. It said that a recording of his voice was heard recently on the Kazakh state radio.

'He just pushes his trunk into his mouth and starts talking,' said the deputy director of the zoo, Mr Boris Kosinsky, He told a correspondent from the Young Communist League newspaper that it all began three years ago when a startled night watchman reported that he has heard the elephant talking to itself.

from 'Unexplained Phenmomena' 2000

[Mr Veritas]

The only "'Unexplained Phenmomena" is how the Russians expect us to believe such claptrap!

[another-view]

I think you will find the story was published on 1st April rather than the 9th.