Came up on this article on Wikipedia. It references a talking elephant, named Batyr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batyr
The elephant's voice was broadcast on radio, and several prestigious Soviet institutions wrote papers on it.
Soviet science wasn't done for the money, it was done for the prestige and honor, and for the joy of doing science. Few were willing to discus pseudoscience.
Was the elephant just operantly conditioned to talk?
Can any of you find recordings?
Please guys, I'm curious. \
lol idk