06 April 2008

The Human/Animal divide returns

Here is a little film of an elephant attempting to paint a self-portrait. Not sure what to make of it. It may simply be a trick wrought through intense training. Is it self-expression, or merely a trick? Even if only the latter, it's a damn good one.

It may be that elephants are on a par with the chimps and bonobos we were talking about a few posts back.

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