The Truth about the Elephant paintings.

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YouTube - ORIGINAL Elephant Painting


The Truth. lol

YouTube - The Truth about the Painting Elephants

The first video is really cool!

That...

is..

UNFREAKING-BELIEVABLE!!!

I have never seen this!! The only one I saw was one doing abstract art. That really makes me wonder how smart elephants are.

Thanks for sharing this!!

Well, glad I could also introduce everyone to the actual elephants.

I was mostly intending to post the spoof, but hey, glad people are happy!

You drew a circle, here is a peanut :pinkele:. You drew an elephant's ear, here is a peanut :pinkele:. You didnt draw anything close to an elephant or flower :sabduel: *cattle prod*. No no no, you have to paint, you wont get shocked if you do it right, here is a peanut in good faith.

.... 8 years later....

YOU DREW AN ELEPHANT $$$$

LETS MAKE A YOUTUBE VID OMG

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Originally Posted by Oxylepy

You drew a circle, here is a peanut :pinkele:. You drew an elephant's ear, here is a peanut :pinkele:. You didnt draw anything close to an elephant or flower :sabduel: *cattle prod*. No no no, you have to paint, you wont get shocked if you do it right, here is a peanut in good faith.

.... 8 years later....

YOU DREW AN ELEPHANT $$$$

LETS MAKE A YOUTUBE VID OMG

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Exactly.

Please don't make this an ethical debate guys. The thread is about the second, weird video.

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Originally Posted by Soterios

Please don't make this an ethical debate guys. The thread is about the second, weird video.

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Oh, you're taking all the fun out of it.;)

BTW, I knew it was trick photgraphy. See how it looks when viewed from another direction. I knew it, I knew it!


Jim Smith

The first video is aboslutely amazing! They think so much differently than us. I couldn't see what it was drawing till everyon in the video did! I'm just amazed! It even drew 4 legs, 2 on each side! :rolleye2: They are incredibly smart!

The second video...weird :rofl:

Nah, don't be too impressed. The abstracts are the REAL elephant paintings.

These elephants were taught and carefully trained to paint the more realistic things, it isn't something they can do on their own.

One very good reason for this is that elephants have exceptionally poor eyesight.
Perhaps if they could see better, they could paint still lifes without a coach...we may never know.

I personally don't care if they were taught...as long as it doesn't mean the elephant getting hurt in anyway.

ITS AN ELEPHANT FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!

I mean if the thing was born able to paint like that I would be kind of freaked out to be honest lol. Still amazing!! What I found to be interesting is how accurate they are, and how they can paint over the same thing without missing the first line. Too cool!

It shouldn't be too surprising--we know that they're self-aware, and very highly intelligent (their brains are larger than ours, and just as convoluted).
We knew they were something different and special from the very first time we saw how they treat their dead.

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Originally Posted by Animals As Leaders

ITS AN ELEPHANT FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!
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Or a man with a gray jacket?

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Originally Posted by Soterios

Please don't make this an ethical debate guys. The thread is about the second, weird video.

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Big Gunns is totally lost here. Did the Elephant actually paint the first painting or is it trick photography? BG has no idea what you see in that stupid second video.

If they did paint it, they're a lot smarter than most forum posters.:D If they didn't really paint it...whoever made the video is pretty darn good.:gj: So what the heck is the real story here because BG isn't sure what point you're trying to make about this second dumb video. It looks to have nothing at all to do with the first. Not the same setting or anything....just the guy with a long gray sleeve over his arm that looks nothing like an Elephant trunk. Maybe this comedy is waaay over BG's head, but BG highly doubts that.;):D

The second video is neither funny nor good in Big Gunns expert comedic opinion.

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

One very good reason for this is that elephants have exceptionally poor eyesight.
Perhaps if they could see better, they could paint still lifes without a coach...we may never know.

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Well lets get them to an optometrist and get them some glasses. Bing bang elephants painting like Michelangelo.

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Originally Posted by Big Gunns

Big Gunns is totally lost here. Did the Elephant actually paint the first painting or is it trick photography? BG has no idea what you see in that stupid second video.

If they did paint it, they're a lot smarter than most forum posters.:D If they didn't really paint it...whoever made the video is pretty darn good.:gj: So what the heck is the real story here because BG isn't sure what point you're trying to make about this second dumb video. It looks to have nothing at all to do with the first. Not the same setting or anything....just the guy with a long gray sleeve over his arm that looks nothing like an Elephant trunk. Maybe this comedy is waaay over BG's head, but BG highly doubts that.;):D

The second video is neither funny nor good in Big Gunns expert comedic opinion.

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Yeah I agree...

Isn't the second video just a spoof on the first video...It in no way has any kind of correlation to the first besides making fun. (?)

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Originally Posted by Animals As Leaders

Yeah I agree...

Isn't the second video just a spoof on the first video...It in no way has any kind of correlation to the first besides making fun. (?)

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Correct.

I guess some people can't just have a laugh.

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Originally Posted by Soterios

Correct.

I guess some people can't just have a laugh.

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BG loves to "laugh"...he just didn't find it all that funny. Sorry dude. It actually kinda confused BG is was so dumb and corny(like BG sometimes).:confused: BG just didn't see the correlation to the first video other than a very poor example of imitating an Elephant.

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Originally Posted by Big Gunns

BG loves to "laugh"...he just didn't find it all that funny. Sorry dude. It actually kinda confused BG is was so dumb and corny(like BG sometimes).:confused: BG just didn't see the correlation to the first video other than a very poor example of imitating an Elephant.

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