From the link: The video is real, but it's important to note that the elephant painting this "self-portrait" -- a male by the name of Paya who resides in the Maesa Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai, Thailand -- has been painstakingly trained to produce this image, and may even be receiving off-camera hand or voice directions from a "mahout," or trainer.
I say...I didn't really expect the elephant painted like that without training. I'm still impressed!!
Check out this web link regarding "artist" elephants: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_elephant_painting.htm
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ReplyDeleteThe video is real, but it's important to note that the elephant painting this "self-portrait" -- a male by the name of Paya who resides in the Maesa Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai, Thailand -- has been painstakingly trained to produce this image, and may even be receiving off-camera hand or voice directions from a "mahout," or trainer.
I say...I didn't really expect the elephant painted like that without training. I'm still impressed!!