Holy. Bleeping. Crap.

captainspud · March 28, 2008, 03:10:56 PM

@_@

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

...

...yeah.

:blink:

GrizzlyBearTalon · March 28, 2008, 03:28:54 PM

Wow...

Tomato · March 28, 2008, 04:12:40 PM

I agree with the title

murs47 · March 28, 2008, 04:39:01 PM

Probably the most amazing thing I've ever seen! :blink:

Tortuga · March 28, 2008, 06:07:34 PM

Reminds me of this book and website: Why Cats Paint

thalaw2 · March 28, 2008, 06:42:29 PM

Well, now i've seen everything!

BWPS · March 29, 2008, 08:50:07 AM

:blink:

I don't like this, burn this video.

stumpy · 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?

MJB · March 30, 2008, 12:42:53 AM

*not impressed*

-MJB

Epimethee · 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.