On Apr 4, 2:43*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Dave Bell wrote:
>
> > merryb wrote:
> > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LHoyB81LnE
>
> > Yeah, I've been showing that one around!
>
> > Even if the elephant's been laboriously trained to produce that
> > particular painting, it's amazing.
>
> > Even if he's responding to subtle trainer clues - hand
> > gestures, touches, etc. - it's *still* amazing!
>
> I'm not convinced this is for real. *The elephant
> clearly has been taught to hold a brush, but I
> think that is being spliced between other scenes
> in which a person with a long glove that looks
> like an elephant's trunk is doing the "fine"
> painting.
>
> If this were not a hoax, then why does the view
> zoom in and out wildly, which helps to disguise
> the scene cuts? *If there were no scene cuts
> at all and no zooming, and if you could clearly
> see the elephant making something sensible on
> a blank canvas, I'd be more tempted to believe it.
>
> If it can be a fake, rest assured it is a fake.
> The sort of money people in the West would pay
> for alleged "elephant paintings" is certainly
> a great temptation for someone in Thailand.

To be honest, I think it could be a hoax, too- just wanted some
opinions. I think it's almost too incredible.