I LOVE this video. What amazes me most is that when the ink gets thin, she goes over it to re-draw the line. This is more than just the intelligence and understanding of how to draw lines in a particular order. Also that she can go over the same line and start in the middle of the line, not the beginning. Wow.
It also seems like they teach the elephants to draw different images, some of the other videos are pretty cool.
WOW! Fantastic, absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for sharing.
Also if anyone is interested there is a pretty amazing book to read
called "When Elephants Weep" (forgive me I've forgotten the author)
But it is a great book about the lives of elephants and how they establish a very intense bond in their herd. When one of the them succumbed to their death, the herd lingers with the animal for a long time before leaving it. Then when they come across the bones later after many months of decomposition, they recognize them and actually appear to remourn if you will, the loss of their herd member, sometimes carrying the bones around with them.
I read it years ago, but it is truly a fascinating read and I would highly recommend it.
I personally think that we don't even know the half of it when it comes to animals and their amazing intellect and abilities.
Seeing this elephant paint, is proof of that for sure!
Thanks again Ed!
Lindsay Janes Webboard User Reg: 10-24-2005
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That doesn't suprise me. I know that elephants, apes, and orcas are able to do something like that. I have been told that dolphins and chimps are aware of what they look like when they looked at the mirror.
The only concern I will have with elephants who are painting pictures. Were they abused or forced to paint pictures? I don't have problem if elephants want to paint picture on their own, but I don't agree with trainers who tell them what to do or how to do it. We have had history of abuses with the circus.
And.. I have noticed that their trainers have sticks who knows they were being used to poke elephants. I know how intelligent elephants are and have been told they do visit their graves of their parents, grandparents, etc. Also, they can experience a similar PTSD syndrome to a person who witnessed war crimes.
"It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right"
However... according to the FAQ elephants are not forced to paint. Of the 65 elephants who live at the sanctuary, only 9 are interested in making art. The trainers apparently do teach the elephant "basic brush strokes". http://www.exoticworldgifts.com/faq.php#3
it's really quite amazing. I would really like to know if the elephant was trained to do the image, or if it actually knows what it is doing and did it spontaneously.
Cathy Goessman Webboard User Reg: 12-03-2007
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Angela I LOVE your sig photo!
Elephant hide is very thick. The handlers have to have some way of communicating things like "move over or you're going to crush me" and the pressure a human hand can exert is just not felt very well. Even the most humane elephant trainers use some version of the bull stick. The point normally just isn't as sharp. Unfortunately easy access to the tool seems to lead to it being abused a lot. I would be interested in what goes on "behind scenes" there. I want to believe they are treating the elephants well but even Ringley Bros. elephants look humanely handled in their act. What goes on behind scenes couldn't be further from that.
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