WIRELESS CONTROL
NO GOOD FOR ELEPHANTS
SUBJECT CALMLY CHEWS
POTATOES.
(UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIOHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received 10th August, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, 9th August. Indarini, the famous elephant at the Zoological Gardens, refused to take orders by wireless.
The native keeper shouted the familiar commands, "Lie down," "Stand up," "Salute," "Pick up," from' a. broadcasting station. The sound' came distinctly from a loud speaker (outside the bars of Indarini's enclosure.
Indarini was enticed to within two feet of the bars by a feast of locust nuts and small potatoes, but only once raised his ears. Otherwise lie entirely ignored the commands, and continued to demolish potatoes unconcernedly. It is suggested that the failure of the experiment is that it is not the explanation words alone, but the personality of the attendant, which is necessary to control the elephant.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 36, 11 August 1923, Page 7
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140WIRELESS CONTROL Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 36, 11 August 1923, Page 7
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