Elephant Paints Self Portrait!

[Barry]

Amazing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LHoyB81LnE

[alanora]

I walked around the whole day, after watching this video the other day, saying to myself and anyone that would listen, just how amazing it was to watch this elephant paint. I am in awe of the elephants ability to express perspective... far better artist than myself. Calling it a self portrait and not a picture of one of the other elephants is strange as certainly she has seen more other elephants than she has seen reflections of herself.......Amazing...awe inspiring check it out. mindy


Amazing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LHoyB81LnE

[scamperwillow]

I had a feeling that it was something like this. It was so nice to believe the fantasy, but it did seem unreal.

UPDATE: I went to snopes and it is a little different angle - the elephants are trained to paint, but they do it and the proceeds are used for elephant conservation - I don't know.... take a look:
https://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/elephantpainting.asp

And here is the Asian Elephant Art project:
https://www.elephantart.com/catalog/splash.php

Sorry to keep doing this, but I keep changing my mind. You have to go visit this site about the organization that helps elephants and also teaches them to paint - there are a whole bunch of videos of different elephants painting and tons of samples of their work:

https://www.elephantart.com/catalog/mission.php

Their mission seems to be good and it appears the elephants are well treated.
Marty