Elephant Paints a Picture - Unreal!

Hiya LCB'ers,

This video shows an elephant...........Yes and elephant that paints a picture.



As awesome as this is do you think it is cruel to teach an elephant to paint? I am just wondering how grueling this training was.

What do you think?

I read the title as elephant pants lol

he he he! Now pants on an elephant would be a sight to see 

It depends on the trainer. It could have been done slowly over time and interactive for the elephant. So sweet

The elephant must have to breath through it's mouth whilst it's painting with it's nose.  Yes I think it's cruel and it looks like they sell them as gifts to make a bit of money.

oh god, i think i cant paint elephant so good as elephant did it lol
and that flower at the end..simple amazing!!!!!!

It's a pretty sad sight for me, I'm pretty sure that elephant wasn't that keen on learning how to paint.

That's kinda what i am thinking Johnny. This was no easy task to train and most likely took some harsh discipline i would think. Stories like this sometimes bother me especially when the animal one day decides to turn on the trainer and then they are shot and killed because of it.

Lips

Yes you're right Lips, but anyway it's amazing.. animal paints better than me Lol

I think that this is an abusive and cruel thing to do, and just for tourists. 

Amazing... But I agree with the rest, the training must have been cruel..
Why the hell would anyone want to see an elephant painting...

Why do you think it's cruel? Most of dogs' owners teach their animals some kind of tricks like sit, jump through hoops or anything like that. They just tought elephant how to paint, who knows how training looked like and if elephant enjoys painting or not? 
By the way- I though it will be just some random lines but this is incredible!