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It's smelly the elephant
By Metro Last updated at 00:00am on 20.01.05
'All I need now is a copy of Zoo to read'
They can already sing and dance, paint and play musical instruments. But now elephants in Thailand are getting some elementary education - in toilet training.
The jumbos are being taught to sit and wait on stone potties before flushing a cord with their trunks.
The waste can be used for methane. Owners of Palaad Tawanron elephant camp in Chiang Mai plan to feature the act in a show for tourists.
'Perhaps we can also get them to read the morning papers,' said a spokesman.
