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Posted by Damozel | This is an astonishing---and moving---thing to witness. Watch it till the end: you'll see him carefully and delicately use his trunk to paint an absolutely recognizable picture of an elephant holding a red flower in his trunk.
I've posted more footage of elephants painting (and some background about the painting 'Starving Elephant Artisans' ) here.
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Awesome!
Posted by: Charles | April 01, 2008 at 01:22 AM
I can do that.
Posted by: Dudan | April 03, 2008 at 01:56 AM
This changes everything I assumed about the animal planet. After years of figure drawing, I realize how radically difficult it is to create such confident, descriptive lines in ink. I think it is utterly necessary to get this video out to the world citizenry asap.
Posted by: Erika Von Zoog | April 11, 2008 at 05:20 AM