ELEPHANT PAINTING POPPY FLOWERS

[@TheCarlito1990]

How can anyone dislike this. It's cute and he has an artistic soul.

[@bmcaleri]

I love the fact that not only is he intelligent enough to paint a picture, he also recognizes when a line is too light and he has to paint over it

[@LynLicc]

Each elephant has his or her own specialty painting. It's so lovely to wach them!!

[@feydust]

Oh my god... painting elephants, it means that elephants can actually create concepts, which is supposedly the intelligence that differs us from animals amazing!!!!!!

[@edmase1]

I cant get enough of this elephant art its amazingly talented! It beats anything I could even think to paint let alone paint, this is what I call art! Just puts a smile on my face, music goes well with it too ha :)

[@musicfanBRA]

This is the most amazing thing! What an aesthetic sense. The picture is just beautiful.

[@Bozdingo]

Amazing....... it only took me 1 hour to train him to paint this picture....wonderful what he will be able to do after a 2 hour session.

[@lolpeople654]

Elephants are so talented and amazing. i still can't believe that they can paint! The elephant can paint better than i can! how is that possible?

[@MountbattenMusicVideos]

Very beautiful, wow!!

[@nirmv]

They have good control of their trunk and good memory. They don't understand what they are painting, not at all.

[@sylvenya]

cute. i hope this elephant is treated well for performing these tricks, they're magical creatures.

[@shabirmahr9496]

Very nice effort, love this

[@PenguinTac0s]

Yea elephants r so amazing i can not paint like that at all thats so awsome

[@SANTHOSCRUZOFICIAL]

nunca olvidare esto , es el ejemplo vivo de un animal llendo mas halla de lo inimaginable, un animal pintando y escribiendo , es magico como lo describen en los comentarios

[@mike41990]

Its amazing how they just paint for fun! It makes me so happy to see that they are creative and like flowers! I hear that all elephants paint flowers and other elephants. What a coincidence!...seriously...can't train them WHAT to paint? come on...

[@teddyfeen]

your taking the magic out of it all by yourself

[@rax7]

nice, abstract still life, many people cant do it. the brush stroke. many people, even an artist, cant duplicate it.

[@Kurdishmusic92]

This is Beautiful!

[@Mahaabharath]

I m sure i gonna put some of these elephants as my painting teacher!

[@superkaunas]

it's a human's soul inside this animal.. 100%. people must believe in that

[@casperfaust]

Thanks for helping to answer my question and not just unloading some flame. By magic all i meant was the spark of creativity that dwells in most things. You are right, if they are doing this without prompting as you say then this is an example said "magic". A simple concept that teddymeledy never could grasp it seems lol :P

[@vcoonrod]

That elephant is a genius.

[@chimpthepimp]

beautiful.. i hope the elephant isin't abused.

[@mzglorybe]

Wonderful, wonderful!

[@bonnieboulter9486]

Would love to see video on how the elephant learned.

[@sassy12696]

one of my life dreams is to meet en elephant painter :D

[@YcGrAn]

Are they trained to do this, or is it natural talent?

[@jaguar004]

Way better painting than me :)

[@ActiveStorage]

no. im not being deliberately silly. So how exactly bull hooks and yanking their ears can tell the elephant what to draw?

[@gijen3]

Whether they paint it from memory or not who cares it's amazing still. Let's see you paint something like that.

[@ActiveStorage]

how are they taught exactly? whats the learning process? how do you teach an elephant how to paint?

[@erikasp72]

Incredible!!!!!

[@libellusgrafica526]

o sea y esa vara k trae el tipo no sera acaso para golpear a los elefantes?

[@JCasR3]

Plus you can't train them WHAT to paint... they just do. Thats the amazing part.

[@Faith2Believe]

awesome I want one

[@MultiMonom]

Rockhead, I advise you to make a reasearch on the elephant's intelligence. You will learn that they have a self-awardness too... And it would be not so strange that this video, the elephant is really the author of this paint. PS: sorry for the english, I'm french

[@mrsbieber546]

who cares if the trainer is helping its still mainly the elephan that chooses what 2 do soo yeah its pretty amazing

[@TheSonOfDumb]

That's amazing.

[@casperfaust]

Is there any prompting as far as what to draw from the handler? I can undrestand them chosing the color, but if they give them signals as to what to draw it kinda takes themagic out of it. I want to think this is something the elephants just want/like to do. But given mans tendancy to make performers out of them in the past, i have to wonder :S

[@anniejlemay]

Well, I should learn from the elephant how to paint. He is good.

[@danny060902]

Amazing!

[@ohmycaribou]

Can elephants see colour? Watching this makes me believe they have a similar colour range as humans do.

[@vamprix2]

i love the music!

[@PimpzNbros]

have you watched "The last Elephants In Thailand" ? because then you'll see first hand the role humans play in these paintings.

[@SanchaiS]

very amazing

[@Azereiah]

I would love to know what would happen if humans were to forcibly evolve elephant intelligence. Specifically, introducing tribal lifestyles and the uses and methods of controlling fire.

[@amberlyash5160]

Aww, they hurt the elephants?

[@vamprix2]

the owner of that elephant is so lucky

[@jannisares]

The elephant paints better poppies than I do and I even live in California.

[@kendzim]

this elephant paints better than me

[@desb63]

Nice one

[@Olliebear1056]

How do i get one of these paintings? can the proceeds go to helping the elephants?

[@lilyflora10]

EXTRAODINARY ELEPHANT!!!

[@ramsesciego]

it's amazing what grabs the elephant, but it would be sad taught allan blows, as it often grab en espanol....es sorprendente lo que ase el elefante,pero seria triste que lo allan enseñado a golpes, como en muchas ocasiones lo asen

[@Alisa07l]

That awkward moment when an elephant is a better painter than you.

[@InksBeans]

Bibliophilos, Could you link some examples of this drawings in the wild?? because I cant find any.

[@fallintoadream]

The elephant is being directed by the human, by tugging on the elephant's ear. Even if elephants have some inclination to draw in the wild, this is simply a carefully rehearsed stunt.

[@flyingsoucer777]

it made me cry! god!

[@DavidSkis]

I wonder how much the elephant's handler is controlling the process. Is he directing the elephant, or is he merely helping by offering brushes and paints? We can't tell how much the handler is intervening, given the camera angle.

[@iLastResort]

amazing

[@rosyposyoh]

wow! he/she draws better than me!

[@minsuga9375]

I cant believe this was twelve years ago

[@MinouHime]

@sylvenya Elephants are extremely respected in Thailand.

[@ActiveStorage]

in circuses they do beat them yes. but i still dont see how beating or torturing can teach someone how to PAINT a flower

[@rockethead7]

I'm not sure from your comment... but you do realize that the elephant has no idea what he/she is drawing, right? He/she has been trained (brutally, so I hear) to make the brush strokes in the directions that the trainer is "steering" via tugging on the ears in whatever direction the trainer wants the brush strokes. Basically, the elephant's trunk is just like a remote-control arm, and the ear is the remote control. You knew that, right? You didn't really think elephants could paint, did you?

[@nacillim1]

It directs them to move their trunk in a particular direction and when to stop, that's all. The human is visualising and deciding what image to make, not the elephant. The elephant is making movements as directed, nothing more.

[@4reyes2]

I love it

[@ivozlatar9]

I wanna know what happend if you take the brush. u r more animal than them

[@elliehankin3369]

THAT i sone talented herbivore.

[@jannisares]

Elephants are much more intelligence than you give them credit for. They traded drawing in the sand for painting. All the humans had to do was show them a different way of doing the same thing. This is not simply 'mimicry'.

[@mimo9680]

WAAAW!! CAN HE GIVE ME LESSONS? :D

[@sh3n3ng]

they didn't choose the color. trainer did. ...i wonder what would the picture be when the trainer let them choose the color?

[@chemeng701]

Can you imagine the life of this Ele compare another one that live in the Zoo. Here's at least they live in the open space and they have some activities to do. Can you only stay in the cage without any activity, Eat and sleep!

[@TeAmJeSuSGo]

That is Picasso reincarnated :)

[@nacillim1]

These elephants are tortured until they submit to humans, then trained through the infliction of pain. People who are in any doubt can watch "the elephant lady" video from about 4mins in, or any one of the elephant training videos here on you tube. People who find this spectacle wondrous or lovely should try to be more curious about reality.

[@Droamen]

@Brannruz de hecho en ecuador vote por el "si" para que se prohiban las corridas de toros. Tranquilo viejo, si no te gusta ver esto vete y no te pongas asi. Me impresiona que este elefante pinta mejor que yo, es un animal increíble!.

[@sethalim8283]

Elephant painting poppy flowers World 🌐 🌎 Around the world

[@neverbeentoofar]

@SieChen They teach them with love and care. All Thai love elephants!! Think before post, or if you know nothing about this farm - you'd better keep quiet. Thanks.

[@pyrrho314]

what if dr dolittle is just someone that understand animal art?!

[@TemiDansoArt]

What is the purpose of dis-liking this video?! Honestly are people soo jealous they can't paint lmao

[@vbfrap]

Yep, Desmond Morris, a scientist working with chimpanzees and their perception of art and patterns confirms this from his findings when traveling to Thailand.

[@ronaldmcdonald333]

unbelievable

[@123fyra5]

I find it strange that the angle of their pictures is much closer to the ground than should be the case with a tall animal like the elephant. Their view of things should be other than ours and therefor I think if they could draw of own free will their paintings would be different from how these look.

[@ruhulwara]

i wish the longivity of the elephant

[@BubbaLoob43]

@ohmycaribou yes they can and its very similar

[@amberlyash5160]

Granted, in a way I understand how that would be difficult for a guy who believes in crop circles to comprehend.

[@PaanParsons]

8 people are jealous because an elephant is better painter than them.

[@kathleenandersen6332]

It also shows that elephants see in colour.

[@tanjanovicic2926]

🌸🍀🌺💛💛💛👍🙂👋

[@SieChen]

THINK! How can such an intelligent and powerful animal be tought to perform tricks for stupid tourists? By pure torture! Do NOT visit such performances, nor take elephant rides or go to a circus! Look in KZbin for these searchwords: * behind the Siamese smile * Thai elephants - abused entertainment This is how they are trained. Framed and tortured with bullhooks, fire and beaten with steel pipes. Depraved of food and water for days or weeks, until they break. Or die. Nice paintings!

[@TheSergiomadrid10]

watever u can do, and elephant can do better

[@christinewee9505]

It's a lot less tiring than pulling logs.

[@ActiveStorage]

yes many many times... and i still suck at it.

[@nacillim1]

Type 'the elephant lady' into the search bar, and watch from 4mins in. Roll up roll up and see how it is done.

[@rockethead7]

The elephants are trained to move the trunk/brush in the direction the mahouts (trainers) tug the elephants' ears. The elephants have no idea what they're painting. There are some other videos with better camera angles. There's one with an elephant painting "Ford Festiva" (written words) on a canvas. You can see the ear action a lot better in that video. Of course, in the Thailand tourist traps, they intentionally block a good view of what the mahout is doing. That's part of the scam.

[@annwatt9112]

Elephants are so far beyond our level of intelligence. They would never separate a human baby from it's family, beat and abuse and terrorize it to the point of quivering sadness, then profit from finally training it's broken little self to do something against it's nature. Shame.

[@KathySolita]

why?

[@benpetrofsky]

@Azmerelda1 Humans are animals, and its been proven we have the highest level of organized critical and creative thinking of any animal we know of (can you name an elephant that can find out how to build a car or a computer?), of course, however, that doesn't mean animals are dumb. They do however attack and even kill each other and hate each other like humans do too. Don't be fooled. Animals get violent and hateful, and humans ARE animals, that kind of behavior is expected from many species

[@Phoboskomboa]

I could paint that well, but not with my nose.

[@kingsman565]

"do you think they really enjoy painting??" Why wouldn't they? Why do you like painting, why dose anybody?