elephants that paint

[day]

a six minute video clip of an elephant painting...an elephant holding a flower....
and quite good too!

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[Rumas]

This may be a negative thought, but I hope they didn't hurt the elephant to get it to paint. I know the trainers treat the elephant poorly.

It is still amazing to see it paint like that. Animals are a lot smarter they we give them credit for.

 

[day]

I understand what you are saying-- making sure that the elephants do want to paint instead of performing. I guess when I saw this video I thought of how elephants see- is this elephant painting the same picture taught to him or is it an 'inspired painting'

I believe that things have a consciousness and animals have their own way of communicating to us through the heart. To see this elephant paint reminded me of the dog who likes to skateboard!

 

[Lady of Light]

I think it's a fantastic thing what these elephants are doing. What they paint does look like what they see, but are they trained for that, or is it what it seems. I want to believe that they are painting what they see, but I can't help but believe that they were trained to do the actual painting.

All in all, those elephants are good at it!