spartan max2 Posted February 3, 2014 #1 Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) This is just awesome, love elephants Edited February 3, 2014 by spartan max2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan max2 Posted February 3, 2014 Author #2 Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) I feel like the elephant must of been taught this though, which actually might make this really messed up because they could of beat the elephant a lot to try and teach them this..... Edited February 3, 2014 by spartan max2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted February 3, 2014 #3 Share Posted February 3, 2014 It's hard to tell in the video, but having been to the elephant camps in Chang Mai, Thailand, I saw the elephants trunks being guided by the mahouts. The elephants held the brush in their trunks and their riders moved the trunks to actually paint the pictures. If you look closely at the video the mahout is standing behind the elephant where they can't easily be seen by the cameras. This is not to say elephants are not clever, but it certainly casts doubts on their actual artistic abilities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zillarancher Posted February 3, 2014 #4 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Guiding or not, that elephant drew a better elephant than I could ever hope to personally acheive. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted February 3, 2014 #5 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Guiding or not, that elephant drew a better elephant than I could ever hope to personally acheive. You should see what he can do with Jumbo Crayons! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted February 3, 2014 #6 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I've seen this video before. I have a soft spot for elephants..... Wonderful 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libstaK Posted February 3, 2014 #7 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I hope they are shown are lot of love by their handlers - it's beautiful if they are being appreciated - if used only for tourist dollars, not so much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdenise Posted February 3, 2014 #8 Share Posted February 3, 2014 https://www.google.com/search?q=elephant+paints+self+portrait+snopes&oq=elep&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0j69i59j0l2j69i60.3191j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=elephant+paints+self+portrait+snopes&oq=elep&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0j69i59j0l2j69i60.3191j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmaker47 Posted February 4, 2014 #9 Share Posted February 4, 2014 That's one gifted elephant. I know! We should call him Elephancasso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBeliever Posted February 5, 2014 #10 Share Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) Might not know wat its doing. "Hmm... this pic looks familiar.." Edited February 5, 2014 by TheGreatBeliever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolguy Posted February 7, 2014 #11 Share Posted February 7, 2014 This is awesome, elephant 's have. To be one of the smartest animals on the planet,I like them ,how can any body wanna hunt and kill these great beasts people are the worst thing that happened on this earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerPC Posted February 7, 2014 #12 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I believe that elephants are the most intelligent land animals. They actually mourn their dead and can identify family members skeletal remains. Now they are apparently able to create art which has long been considered one of the activities that supposedly seperates man from animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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