Elephants, The Next Michelangelo?

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  1. SomeThingCreepy

    SomeThingCreepy Well-Known Member

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    I for one, had no idea elephants could paint, let alone something that resembles something real.

    It's basically about a Thai elephant who was trained to paint and eventually painted a self portrait, or well, a portrait of an elephant.

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    woah, if that is real, then it is awesome
     
  3. Moch+

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    That's pretty amazing, sometimes we don't give animals enough credit.
     
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    That's actually a really nice looking painting.
     
  5. HBRedRider

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    I am just surprised that it would be able to learn something like that. Maybe they are smarter than we think, i need to teach my dog to play poker :)
     
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    yeah ive seen this on a tv show once. its amazing
     
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    thats awsome, i like the painting haha
     
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    i can blow paint out of my nose 2 :D


    sike...but it does look really tight rofl
     
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    saw it in a newspaper :)
    Other elephants can paint too, that's the only one who cna do a self portrait yet though
     
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    lol the elephents better than me
     
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    I seen that on TV once, its cool and quite amazing. I bet they made it paint until it resembled a elephant lol
     
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    Thats crazy, the elephant is better than me...
     
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    lol that shows just how smart animals are :)
     
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    lol thats crazy :D
     
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    That's cool. A little weird, but cool.
     

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