<P> "On one occasion, a group of about fifteen schoolboys were teasing Queenie by offering her nuts and fruit in turn and then withdrawing the food just as she reached for it . This game continued for a while until the elephant retreated to the pool behind her house . She returned some minutes later and, imitating their behaviour, held out her trunk to each boy in turn, withdrawing it before they would touch it . The boys were delighted with this variation of the game until, as if carrying out a pre-planned attack, she soaked them all thoroughly with a well - aimed spray of dirty water from her pool ." Source: Melbourne Zoo </P> <P> She was put down in 1945 after crushing keeper Wilfred Lawson to death . </P>

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