jts Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Ear tug signals? Elephant memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jts Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_elephant_painting.htmAnalysis: 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. As animal expert Vicki Croke explained in a video interview with Newsday Live, "If you put a canvas in Paya's barn and gave him two weeks he would not have painted that elephant. He's been trained to do that." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_elephant_painting.htmAnalysis: 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. As animal expert Vicki Croke explained in a video interview with Newsday Live, "If you put a canvas in Paya's barn and gave him two weeks he would not have painted that elephant. He's been trained to do that."don't human artists take art lessons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljane Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_elephant_painting.htmAnalysis: 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. As animal expert Vicki Croke explained in a video interview with Newsday Live, "If you put a canvas in Paya's barn and gave him two weeks he would not have painted that elephant. He's been trained to do that."don't human artists take art lessons?Exactly. Elephants are mammals like us - not that far removed genetically. Who is to say they don't have some kind of aesthetic instinct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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