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  • WAT

  • The weird moment when you realize tha an animal is better that in painting.

  • THIS IS FUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCKKKKKKEEEEED­DD THIS IS SO FUCKING GNARLY!!!!!!!! OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • In order to get these elephants to paint and perform for the crowd, they are taken from their mothers when they are babies and "broken" which means they are beaten into submission. Keep this in mind while watching this video!

  • @bullirish yes people for get they are animals and take them out of their natural environment and force them into things they were not meant to do, all for the mighty dollar, disgusting :-(

  • that lady has an amazing job <3 she's so lucky

  • amazing

  • Draws better than me!

  • Elephant sure is hairy. Are you sure it's not a Snufalupagus?

  • It

  • Wow, now that's impressive!

  • 0:22 Monkey D. Luffy

  • Oh ffs, why is she messing those elephants perception showing them so retarded paintings as a template of how art should look alike.

  • Sadly, the elephant paints better than the woman who's supposed to be an artist.

  • is she a lefty or a righty? :D

  • @ariesfairies lol

  • The idea of the kind of art that gets praised in London art galleries makes me think of this quote: “Don't set out to raze all shrines, you'll frighten men. Enshrine mediocrity-and the shrines are razed.” - Ellsworth Toohey, The Fountainhead

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  • It's like their nose evolved into an arm.

  • @sungate153

    Elephants are extremely intelligent animals, known to bury their dead and mourn loss, but the process by which they make paintings is dubious. The guiding the trainers do is presumably to enforce a pattern in the elephant's trunk, and if the elephant gets good enough, eventually the guiding is unnecessary. That's why you see elephants painting the same thing over and over again. We're still unsure whether or not elephants are able to create/carry out images like this in their brains.

  • @sungate153 Get out of the cave you ignorant fool.

  • woman made me headbutt the palm of my hand repeatedly

  • SUPERBE!!!!les bête plus intelligent que certain sur youtube

  • Seriously, is this for real? That's awesome

  • @lyriz yes becuz i saw it before its amazing 

  • 1:59 on this picture the elefant drawd ..is the elefant holding a human with a red head ?

  • @mrherbal its a rose

  • One day elephants will be savants with paintings, with such great memory that they have : )

  • my left ear really enjoyed this video!

  • I AM A COMMENTER ON YOUTUBE AND I HAVE 50 PHD'S IN ELEPHANT ACADEMICS OH GOOD GOD THIS IS THE WORST VID EVER QUICK CALL PETA SO THEY CAN RAPE IT ALL UP

  • the elephant draws even the penis :O

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  • uhhhh............holy fucking doddamn shit!! 

  • f**kin' 'ell.......... that is beautiful!

  • Beautiful

  • really really amazing,that proves animals have brain and thinking like us. just love animals !

  • that's amazing! I can't even draw something like that

  • the elephants paint better than her!!!! ahahaha....I tink she jell-louse.

  • smartest AND most intelligent?? wow. elephants are awesome.

  • That woman "artist" is a moron. Why not show the elephant real art?

  • @bellowphone I'm curious what is real art to you? something you can recognize? Figures? Historical? Something that creates a reaction out of you? An emotional response? Religious paintings? Figure drawings? Sculpture? Marble? Architecture? Performance? Music? Writing? To me, art is anything you decide it is. I feel that many don't consider abstract art actual art, but that's your opinion, you know, some where it means something to someone, or maybe some one just likes the colors, you know?

  • @mmpp76 I like many kinds of art, including abstract; for instance Picasso (he was also skilled at realism), and Paul Klee; I love the unparalleled surrealism of Dali. Also realistic art; Rembrandt, Norman Rockwell (this example brands me as a simpleton!), Vermeer. For music, Hayden, Bach and Handel move me. I can't define art for you, but I can tell you I find the woman's splotchings awkward, crude and artless. Just my opinion.

  • Oh god its epic how much of these hippie wannabes are crying on youtube instead of being out there trying to actually make a different

  • people who watch this need to check out the elephant lady! the truth behind why they paint i have seen the training its horrific please surpport the elephant nature park if you think anything of elephants.remember the tourist trade is the main reason why asian elephants are endangered!

  • @kirstytd I agree. The elephant has been TRAINED. Look at the reaction of the trainer - he is controlling the elephant while it's drawing. I wonder if there's some invisible elephant drawing on the paper that is detectable only to elephants? Animals can see colors we are not capable of discriminating. The elephant was trained to follow that pattern. I am sure it involves cruelty. Wake up, people! It's a tourist trap, and the elephants are suffering for it.

  • @Rita1972: You are right. And yes, it involves severe cruelty and torture to the elephants! Find out how they are trained into submission: Have a look in Youtube 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! Do NOT visit such performances, nor take elephant rides!

  • Does anyone know the name of this documentary, and who made it? I would really like to see the rest of it.

  • I hate to do that....but have you even seen how they train elephants to do these stuff?

  • This is not too different from a circus, these elephants are trained with methods close to torture until they will submiss and perform.

  • Didn't they train the elephant to paint the same few things over and over...?

  • There is an article by Desmond Morris on the Daily Mail site that explains they give elephants signals on their ears to do the painting. It is really worth reading. It doesn't sound cruel the way they make them paint. Unfortunately they need a tourism job to be kept around. They sound like lovely animals. Very interesting.

  • wheres the rest of this documentary!!!

  • COOL!

  • Does anyone know where I can find the full video of this?

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  • Personally i find this in poor taste. There is nothing amazing about the way those poor creatures are treated into performing!!! They are wild animals and should be allowed to live as nature intended!!! shame on you Thailand!!!!!

  • @julianne040264 Unfortunately human habitat encroaches on that of the elephants in Asia, where the human population is enormous, and therefore roaming free isn't a feasible option lest elephants suffer worse fates (shot for being in residential areas, hit by vehicles)... Furthermore, to many Asian cultures, they are very holy, and thus quite well looked after. The painting is an exception: the mahouts are in fact in control here, which is wrong.

  • @julianne040264 If you do a little bit research, you will learn that a lot of elephants in Thailand are being hunted for tusks and food. These people took them in to tame them and treat them the best way as possible. In order to feed them, they have to earn a living by couraging tourism. Hence why "ExoticWorldGifts" sponsored the camp. In the end, if they are released in the wild, chances are most of them are going to be killed by hunters.

  • The woman an the elephant seem to have a nice rapport together

  • I will only we amused when a monkey can play a videogame and own everyone. Now THAT would be awesome.

  • part two please?

  • @dr4mus

    It seems that many humans think that we are separate from the "animals," but we are not.  We are animals! It's an undeniable truth!

  • It's becoming more obvious to me that the trainers (always beside the elephants with their arms hiding underneath the ear!) are the ones controlling the painting. It's like facilitated communication for autistic children, which is a complete hoax. Now, see the difference between elephants painting with trainers, and those without:

    /watch?v=4KW5y7SmQq4&feature=r­elated

    I don't doubt an elephant's intelligence. However, I don't think elephants understand how to draw a contour line. =/

  • my face when i saw this video: :----O

  • @ 3:50 The Elephant was probably thinking WTF IS THIS SHIT! It's not art bitch *PUNCH PUNCH* I don't think she was hitting the frame cuz she liked it... Wouldn't it be epic if she knocked it down n took a dump on it ?

  • totally fake

  • @trentzanek how would it be fake you dumbass. prove it

  • This does not separate them from us in god's eyes. To god they are just beasts in which he allows us to enslave or butcher for meat. Elephants are not even mentioned in the bible. I think they are not self conscious bescause if they are they are going to hell becausae I can't imagine elephants accepting Christ as their personal savior. They are just Meat and bones.

  • @dr4mus One word..... Roflcopter

  • @dr4mus HOLY CRAP ITS JESUS LOL

  • @dr4mus You're an Idiot. Yeah the bible makes no mention of this, this doesn't make sense according to the bible. There for ----- this doesn't exist? or how about the bible was written 2000 years ago, time to realize our knowledge of the world has grown infinitely since then, and maybe what people know now is more than what the people that wrote the bible knew.

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  • @dr4mus So you think just because "to god [elephants] are just beasts in which he allows us to enslave or butcher for meat" it is okay to 'enslave' them?

    I highly doubt ruling with an iron fist and arrogant dominance is what the Bible meant when it says God gave man "dominion" over animals. You have NO concept of the idea of stewardship. Elephants are highly intelligent with a brain extraordinarily similar to humans in terms of structure and complexity, and an emotional life as complex as us.

  • @dr4mus and just because you say "elephants are not even mentioned in the bible", this is supposed to mean that humans should not respect them? What happened to treating the natural world with kindness? I have a suggestion for you: why don't you do a little bit of research into elephant intelligence and self awareness etc and see how incredible these creatures are.

  • @dr4mus Idiot troll is idiotic.

  • wtf was that post-tacobell shit on a canvas i saw at the end? how dare she put her puke next to van gogh.

  • falso y maricon

  • Conscious evolution...

  • how?

  • million dollars worth of art.

  • Elefant Da Vinci :D

  • fake

  • @15oklopnabrigada aw come on!!

  • Wow, I need to see more! What documentary is this clip from?

  • God elephants are adorable <3 <3<3

    And smart :D

  • So where's the rest of the video.... 0_0

  • This is irresistible as an idea, but we know the kinds of brutal techniques used to train elephants to perform. I suspect Hong has been none too gently taught to make those particular strokes on canvas in response to cues from her handler. There is no evidence that she recognizes them as symbolic representations of elephants. I do not dispute that elephants show signs of enjoying slapping paint on canvas, but I am skeptical, to say the least, about what we're seeing here.

  • elephants are fucking smart!

  • nice elephants!!!

    AWESOME!!!

  • elephants are so cute :D

  • fyi elephants don't paint this way of their own volition, they have been trained to duplicate images for sale to tourists. inquiring minds can find TRUE creations from elephant artists. see elephant art gallery spotting a fake

  • <33333333

  • And assholes like this this get rich. FUCK PEOPLE.

  • Incredible, the elephant has a great passion for art.

  • I Love Elephants!

  • I wonder if that's a male elephant that she panted? Looks like she put a line there for a penis.

  • yup. lol i noticed lol its cute :)

  • i would be skeptical of that dude with his hand behind the elephants ear

  • the womans painting is SHIT!!

    anyone can splatter paints onto canvas

  • omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg­omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg­omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg­omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomggom­gomgomgog

  • HAAACKS

  • @DPStickMaster 

    lol

  • the elephant makes better art than that crappy shit of the woman..

  • Rofl.

  • @wubs23 WORD!

  • @wubs23 what makes one painting better than another?

  • @wubs23 hahahaha!

  • @wubs23 You, I must confess, really made me laugh. XD

  • @wubs23 like you'd know what really art is

  • @isthemirrorballsuit i do. your face is art. just as shit as what that women made

  • Unbelievable! Elephants are amazing.  What's next?

  • Sadly elephants don't thrive in the wild. If those elephants were roaming free in Africa they would likely die very soon to hunters.

  • they do it like a show infront of people, people would see if it was pissing and scared. they look pretty happy to me

  • aaw.. cute cute

  • Elephants are ver intelligent, . If peoples were hurting her she would shut down, she would not continue to paint. She would also be very fearful of peoples and agressive which she is not. Looks to me that she's happy,

  • >>> My question is for PrincessJuJuBear....

  • omfg that elephant draws better than me

  • @KillerCheebo same here, same here

  • @KillerCheebo Omg, thanks for making me LOL! Litterally! I almost started crying, just by laughing :D

  • Finally, to anyone who has seen the elephant painting videos, these are a the result of very cruel and consistent punishment at the end of barbed metal hooks and it is imperative that we stop purchasing them or supporting these organizations. What you don't see on those YouTube videos is the elephant urinating in fear as it is handed the paint brush.

  • @PrincessJuJuBear source plz

  • Is it true ? How do you know ? How to proove it ? What you say is terrible if is true ! :-(

  • I LOVE ELEPHANTS EVEN MORE NOW!!!!

  • This elephant draws better than many newspaper cartoonists.

    Civil rights for elephants!

  • Intelligent life? Elsewhere? We have plenty of it HERE!!

  • i Think elephants should be the dominate species, the way they use their minds. It's all in the name.ElephantBlog. I like Elephants.

  • oh! i was there! i remember the elphant handing me the a ball afterwards...

  • holy shit....i mean, wow. that's fuckin impressive. I always liked elephants, but this just blew my mind

  • Paint pictures and be fed every day, or face the dangers of the wild?

    If I were an elephant, the choice would be clear to me. xD

  • Elephants shouldn't have to perform circus tricks; its so undignified for such gentle and wise creatures.

    I do think that it should be allowed that humans and elephants can work together, like we can ride them and they can use their superior strength for things we can't do, but they should be treated with absolute respect.

  • Yeah man, like set em free man, like far out man, like using animals for things is wrong man and like, not groovy man, like peace man , far out man, no war man, like war, like wow man.

  • Interesting but quite SAD too. Let the animals free, please!

  • much props

  • dude i want to see the rest of this. ALmost unbelievable

  • it is ... wonderfull !!!

    i love that picture♥♥♥

    its so cute☺☺

  • copy

  • That elephant can paint better than I can! But lets face it......I have the painting skills of a 4 year old.

  • WTF!!! elephant better artists than i am god dam it

    i feel so primitive...

    and i also feel like an ass hole for assuming i better than elephant

  • these animals should be released onto the wild. Elephants are not tools of human enjoyment. THEY ARE ANIMALS.. JUST LIKE YOU AND I

    STOP THE CIRCUS!

  • If I was an elephant I would prefer the circus to fending for myself in the wild. What if the elephant likes to paint and be fed by people? Those elephants didn't look upset to me. What about all the people who are employed in the circus? What would happen to them if they weren't allowed to work with the elephants? Quit being so racist against elephants.

  • agree with you. It is very sad how we exploit our

    fellow beings on this planet.

  • i agree that elephants must be allowed to thrive in the wild and we should preserve their natural habitat, but what's so wrong with domestication and cross species collaboration? who know what we all have to learn from each other.

  • This is clearly part of a longer TV episode, what was it called? I'd like to be able to watch the whole thing.

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  • i love animals and all i have to say its a paintbrush now soon they will know what firearms are and maybe even mass production. then we are screwed because they gonna come back with vengeance. imagine tigers with silenced pp7s or monkeys with c4. if any animal is reading this 'all hail our animal overlords' :D

  • to teach elephen or monkey or dog to do something only can only teach them with love and mercy not by beating.

  • WTF?!?!?!? NO WAYYYYYY!!!!!!! This is even more amazing than a pothead taking home more medals than anyone in Olympic history in sport that demands the vascular capacity of a blue whale. What does this mean? Does it mean anything? What a magnificent animal!

  • wow....

  • 1:18

  • Amazing. I thought it was a person on a different video at first. That's some talent!

  • omg this is amazin!

  • Wow....Elephants are artists!!! They draw really well! But I agree that they are supposed to be in the wild, not in a zoo!

  • The "Zoo question" really is a mixed bag. The "wild" often is the best option if it is available. People however will never learn to appreciate this aspect of these creatures without exposure, and one of the only ways to see and identify these traits is through captivity.

    Though hardly universal, perhaps a reasonably sized handful of people might sit down, see this clip, and suddenly care just a little more about the welfare and survival of these creatures than they would have otherwise.

  • .... agree with you very much. People have been in awe

    with the Elephants . Question why we feel we are superior .

  • That's quite a kick at 1:18

  • i cant hear it :(

  • Why do elephants have to "earn their keep" when humans forced them to be in the zoo in the first place?

  • AMAZING!!!

  • did anyone else prefer the elephant's paintings?

  • I agree with malagosia86. It is interesting, but the poor animal probably went through days of abuse in order to impress tourists for a few cents a day.

  • poor elephants...

    they are just beaten till they learn how to paint..

    then people come to you with an elephants saying that it was rescued from abusive treatment...

    this is sick - painting is not a natural thing elephants do..

    it had to be trained - read: beaten - if you watch carefully - you can see him "shaking" and so trying not to make a mistake...

    i have no idea why all of you get so excited - the video was criticized all over the world..

    elephant painting a flower - plaintive

  • beaten to paint?

    world criticism?

    give evidence or just bullshit?

  • i agree with u elephants are my favorite animal they r supposed to b in the wild!! and wen they need some assistents we will help and then we set them free again to live in the wild!

  • I had it on mute but did they say something about beating the elephant until it painted?

  • they better not do that...

    >=[

  • Whoa thats pretty sweet!! I thought I was embarassed when there are elementary children who draw better than me... now this?? O_o

  • Wow they painted a klimpt and starry night. These elephants are amazing

  • How's Trashcanistan this time of the year?

  • lol, you're really trying to make that "CUNT" thing work for you aren't you?

    BTW, Canadian soldiers are in your country right now. Does that make you upset? It probably makes you really mad doesn't it?

    :)

  • lol, I don't give a fuck about your soldiers, why shoul i be upset? your masters the americans put them there.. we hate taliban so as much taliban is we get happier but when CUNTinians get fucked by friendly fire by americans we launch BIG PARTIES lol

  • Why should you be upset? I don't know, because your country is a shitheap that can't take care of itself? Oh no, 100 Canadian soldiers have died since 2002. We've been there 7 years. That's basically nothing.

    You hate the Taliban, but also hate the people who are fighting against the Taliban? Way to make sense.

    Furthermore, if you want to work with the whole CUNT thing (you must have the mind of a child) wouldn't it make more sense to call us CUNTnadians? Try using that next time ;)

  • Uh oh! Those nasty talibans might get 15 more of our soldiers this year! Man, they must be SUPER strong to be able to inflict THAT kind of punishment on us! LOL

    Face it, you live in Trashcanistan, armpit of the world. Conversation over.