Manic Monday Bonus--Nyoka Meets Doctor Seuss?

It's a jungle emergency, and Nyoka needs to move quickly. What does she do?

Wait.

A "zebraphant"? WTF?

The caption seems most concerned with the zebraphant's size, but it's the beast's actual existence that hurting my brain.

A zebraphant?!?

A zebraphant. That speaks English.

A. Zebraphant.

The goofy part? Part of this story deals with a rogue elephant, and we get a very specific story of what make an elephant go nuts:

 And yet, the zebraphant is not shunned, doesn't go mad, and has pretty good relations with the pack...

 Maybe I've been wrong to base all of my scientific understanding upon Golden Age comic books.

A zebraphant?!?

From Nyoka The Jungle Girl #60 (1950)