Jun 06, 1953 - Two-Ton Dicksie the Inquisitive Elephant. Two-ton Dicksie, a 12-year-old African elephant...

Jun 06, 1953 - Two-Ton Dicksie the Inquisitive Elephant. Two-ton Dicksie, a 12-year-old African elephant at the London zoo, is just as inquisitive as other little girls. On day she watched with interest the peculiar anti's of her that, when he shut the gate, he twiddle something on the other side. So one night Dicksie decided to do the same. There Was a click, and there in her trunk was a padlock. Dioksie decided to push the gate. It opened, and she strolled out along the public paths munching a hedgerow ot two. She them decided to pay a visit to her friend the gorilla, when along came someone she Recognised -Dicksie's own keeper, who gently taking her tusk led her back to her enclosure. Photo shows: Two-ton Dicksie back on duty on the morning after her adventure.