Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait - Gawker Comments

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

Claystil — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:43:08 EDT

Maybe the creature's an autistic savant?

Claystil

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

maevemealone — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:20:17 EDT

ok just because I'm obsessed with elephants lately (I saw this painting video a couple days ago and got lost in all the links). You don't have to watch the full 9 mins of cute, but there is cute to last the whole way through. Bebeh ellies are redonk!

maevemealone

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

Shanky — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:42:35 EDT

In Thailand we saw 8 elephants painting landscapes and "self portraits." Of course, the trainers teach them to paint, but each elephant was capable of remembering several different paintings and placing the right colors in the right places. We were floored.

Shanky

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

Rumpelstilskin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:27:08 EDT

Does the elephant wear Magnums? Then my day will be complete.

Rumpelstilskin

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

BestInMe — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:38:39 EDT

This is absoluately true! I saw this when I went to an elephant show in Thailand. The elephants are trained to paint different pictures and the degree of skill usually depends on how old the elephant is.

BestInMe

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

donmiguel — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EDT

Is there anything involving Dumbo here? No? Damn -- my funny switch is stuck on didactic. It's like I have elephantiasis of the funny bone.

donmiguel

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

PresidentExecutron — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:24:42 EDT

I bet it was using a camera obscura.

PresidentExecutron

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

djjamestaylor — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:47:07 EDT

I know the elephant, it's totally real. He's a good guy.

djjamestaylor

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

In Other News... — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:30:27 EDT

@FitnessMadeSimple: In the trunk? Yeah, an arm too.

In Other News...

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

slinkimalinki — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:10:46 EDT

if only there were a day dedicated to hoaxes...

slinkimalinki

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

MisterHippity — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:08:05 EDT

@IndianSlipper:
Whatcha gonna do with all that junk,
All that junk painted by that trunk?

MisterHippity

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

FitnessMadeSimple — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:50:46 EDT

I suspect Ashton Kutcher had a hand in this.

FitnessMadeSimple

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

WordSalad — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:50:39 EDT

Jackson Pollock did state that a canvas is an arena in which to act, but somehow methinks he did not have the circus or zoo in mind.

WordSalad

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

PattyCake — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:34:38 EDT

@IndianSlipper: Five bucks? I know where you can get one for peanuts!

PattyCake

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

IndianSlipper — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:03:47 EDT

I wouldn't pay five bucks for that painting. That's a lot of junk coming out of that trunk!

IndianSlipper

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

Double Banger — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:59:05 EDT

"Fake trunk." Why are you so jaded, Nick Douglas? Why can't you just believe?

Double Banger

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

CaptainFantastic — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:58:33 EDT

Have you seen the one with the waterskiing squirrel?

CaptainFantastic

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

Dickdogfood — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:37:42 EDT

I'll freak out once I see the elephant paint other things and other kinds of things in other ways. Even the Lascaux cavemen weren't content to paint just one kind of animal.

Dickdogfood

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

Dickdogfood — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:28:50 EDT

I'm perfectly willing to believe this is "real." I'm also perfectly willing to believe the poor animal was tortured umpteen million times to paint just so.

Dickdogfood

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

Lontenza — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:26:21 EDT

this elephant is going to be designing Vans in like 2 weeks

Lontenza

Somebody Figure Out If This Elephant Is Really Painting A Self-Portrait

drugman — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:22:07 EDT

There are more things in heaven and earth, Douglas...

drugman