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Elephant 'swallows' tourist's iPhone

Published: 28 Dec 2012 at 11.03
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A Thai elephant appears to have swallowed a Chinese visitor's iPhone while she was taking pictures of her friend feeding bananas to the animal at a tourist spot. The phone was later recovered from the elephant's dung, or so it seems in a video that has gone viral on the web.

The incident, at an unidentified elephant camp in Thailand, was conveniently filmed by a third person. But some netizens are not convinced by the video and think it was staged.

According to some sceptics, the smart phone swallowed by the elephant is not the same as the phone later found in its dung heap, while others suggest the people in the video were acting a part.

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patchar
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Discussion 5 : 28 Dec 2012 at 18.535
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This is a typical chinese deceptive act seeking attention for no apparent reasons.It is so obvious to me that all is well a drama. Can an elephants in just a few minutes pooh objects he swallowed? The video reflects someones upbringing.
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Discussion 4 : 28 Dec 2012 at 17.444
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Acting straight from the Lakkorn Acting Academy... Hysterical, over-the-top and completely unconvincing.
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Discussion 3 : 28 Dec 2012 at 15.013
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Confucius say elephant who steals phone will make many trunk calls...
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Discussion 2 : 28 Dec 2012 at 13.452
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The elephant wanted to make a trunk call
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Discussion 1 : 28 Dec 2012 at 12.421
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Reminded me of a visit to a zoo in Madrid. Some louts thought it great fun to feed an empty 'pop' can to an elephant but said beast merely crushed the can, presumably with its tongue, and literally spat it back with quite some force, at the lout.
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