Elephant Intelligence
When you were an infant, how did you learn the objects
around you? Most people learn by pointing. Elephants do the same thing. They
teach their young by showing them what is around them. Elephants are problem solvers. If they cannot
get to their food, they find a way to work together. Did you know that
elephants will pick up sticks with their trunks and draw things in the dirt
with it. Eventually, people switched the stick out with a paint brush and the
dirt out with a canvass. Check out the video and picture below to see an elephant paint a
picture.
How? Well some elephants can do this without training but most are trained. The trainer will pull on their ear to show them what type of line to make with their trunk. They keep practicing until the elephant has it down. You can actually buy these paintings too!