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Title: Holy. Bleeping. Crap.
Post by: captainspud on March 28, 2008, 03:10:56 PM
@_@

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

...

...yeah.

:blink:
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Post by: GrizzlyBearTalon on March 28, 2008, 03:28:54 PM
Wow...
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Post by: Tomato on March 28, 2008, 04:12:40 PM
I agree with the title
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Post by: murs47 on March 28, 2008, 04:39:01 PM
Probably the most amazing thing I've ever seen! :blink:
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Post by: Tortuga on March 28, 2008, 06:07:34 PM
Reminds me of this book and website: Why Cats Paint (http://www.monpa.com/wcp/)
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Post by: thalaw2 on March 28, 2008, 06:42:29 PM
Well, now i've seen everything!
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Post by: BWPS on March 29, 2008, 08:50:07 AM
 :blink:

I don't like this, burn this video.
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Post by: stumpy on March 29, 2008, 05:26:33 PM
The elephant is a better artist than I am.

Seems very stylized somehow... For people, it is a talent to be able to pick out a few lines from an actual object that represent it well on a 2D canvas. I wonder if the training is by showing the elephant a similar painting that it learns to copy or if it is directly from a real life scene or memory?
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Post by: MJB on March 30, 2008, 12:42:53 AM
*not impressed*

-MJB
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Post by: Epimethee on March 30, 2008, 10:26:58 AM
Quote from: stumpy on March 29, 2008, 05:26:33 PM
Seems very stylized somehow... For people, it is a talent to be able to pick out a few lines from an actual object that represent it well on a 2D canvas. I wonder if the training is by showing the elephant a similar painting that it learns to copy or if it is directly from a real life scene or memory?
From the little I know of the cognitive process, there is no way an elephant could do that directly from a live scene. That and the fact that the art style is very much Indian. ;)

Which should not detract from the very real achievements here: very impressive trainer work, plus amazingly impressive display of learning, memory and motor skill from the elephant.