Saturday, January 03, 2009

We Call Them Animals



Okay, this is completely insane.

I very much doubt that this is how elephants actually see the world.

BUT: someone was able to train an elephant to do this. And the precision and alacrity with which the elephant completes the work suggests to me that this complex task is being done with willingness and care, if not necessarily comprehension of its indexical meaning.

C'mon, no matter how you slice it, this is mind-boggling.

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