Elephant paints self-portrait???

[golfer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LHoyB81LnE

[Mortimer]

The only thing more stressful than that would be a clip of a sloth writing a novel.







But I think even sloth know the tail doesn't stick out of the rear left thigh.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by golfer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LHoyB81LnE

I actually saw this last night and okay... I had to skip ahead cause it was a bit slow but pretty cool.

[azerica]

Hmmmmm...wonder how many beatings it took to get her to paint without them using that piece of painful equipment the bullhook? I was also disturbed by the people riding eles in the background. We all know how vicious the mahouts treat their charges. Eles in the wild have been found to doodle with stcks and are very intelligent and creative, but that is because the want to be, not forced to be. [steps off soapbox]

[Mortimer]

^^^ I have to agree...very much so.



Grade jub!

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by azerica

Hmmmmm...wonder how many beatings it took to get her to paint without them using that piece of painful equipment the bullhook? I was also disturbed by the people riding eles in the background. We all know how vicious the mahouts treat their charges. Eles in the wild have been found to doodle with stcks and are very intelligent and creative, but that is because the want to be, not forced to be. [steps off soapbox]

Really?

I saw the beginning and skipped ahead to the very end.

Guess i should have watched the whole thing, huh?

[Mortimer]

Aren't ya glad ya don't have to do elephant funerals?

[azerica]

Hopefully we are all adult enough to know that circuses are the first on the list of cruelty offenders with their training methods, then zoos with their emotional stinting and their look at me, im living on cement with no emotional bonding issues. The elephant sanctuary in Tennessee and the PAWS foundation in CA are the best examples of how an elephant [or any wild thing] should live its life. Obviously the animals will not be returned to the wild [because of culling] but they do get to make friernds of their choice and be free within borders. I advise folks to visit the animal sanctuary site for the full view of elephant care and love. I try not to be the advocAte but I will step in and try to stop the ignorance of animal handlers. I work wioth a lady that says I love my little Yorkie, yet subjects it to three litters a year for PROFIT. My God, if you lopved your doggie you would spay it and neuter the males to avoid this.