Elephant's amazing painting!

[Scott Free]

Video

I don't know what to make of this but it's pretty amazing. If it's true and not some kind of trick then it is astounding. Worth a watch IMO.

 

[AmberEyes]

Not quite sure what to make of that either. Though even if it is trained, that animal has some amazing control... I don't think I can paint like that!

 

[Outta here]

Pretty astounding! Thanks Scott Free.

 

[#juan]

If an elephant can paint, it can also think..

 

[McCaulley]

If an elephant can paint, then it can remember, elephants have great memory and it was probably trained to paint that picture

 

[McCaulley]

But still, that was one of the most amazing things ive ever seen an animal do

 

[karrie]

gee, what month are we about to head into? April? Really? Hmmm... I wonder if anyone out there would be releasing hoaky videos to somehow commemorate the beginning of April.... just a thought.

 

[jimmoyer]

Well, the nozzle of that elephant was the only part in the video you saw.

They did not show the whole elephant (AT ALL TIMES) in the video during the whole painting exercise.

 

[#juan]

My first reaction was "How did they get the elephant to do that?" My wife thought it was some kind of trickery. After a second and third look, I think it's a good fake.

 

[Scott Free]

gee, what month are we about to head into? April? Really? Hmmm... I wonder if anyone out there would be releasing hoaky videos to somehow commemorate the beginning of April.... just a thought.

That's what I suspect too but if it is a trick it is extremely well done. There are shots that show the elephant and trunk painting which makes it unlikely it was some sort of puppet.

I have seen other elephant paintings but they were what you would expect; big messy blobs.

I'm wondering if the elephant wasn't trained to follow some lightly traced out pattern not visible to a camera or audience from a distance?