Meet Suda, the elephant that paints
A beautiful video shows us how Suda the elephant paints her beautiful works of art with minimal guidance from her Mahout.
Elephants are known for their majestic and grand nature.
If you have ever been to countries like India and Thailand, you will know that elephants are respected and treated like royalty, and rightfully so. The lion may be the jungle king, but the elephant is respected and considered a fearless leader.
Besides being family-centric, elephants in Thailand are also known to be talented artists. In particular, Suda, a female elephant from the Maetaeng Elephant Park & Clinic in Thailand. She has become a viral sensation for being a gifted painter.
After Suda's painting skills became famous online, many people questioned whether she was painting or if it was all an AI skit.
But many travellers have visited the Maetaeng Elephant Park and Clinic in Thailand since her fame many years ago and have confirmed that she is painting these beautiful works.
Suda is special; she is one of the elephants who requires the least guidance from her Mahout (a person who works, rides, and tends to an elephant) when working on her paintings. She is a natural.
The Maetaeng Elephant Park and Clinic in Thailand has different activities for their elephants, but since Suda has gained so much fame with her artwork, they have a unique website where they sell her paintings.
The sales from her paintings and the admission to watching her paint go towards paying for a veterinarian to be on-site at the clinic.
Watch a video of Suda painting for Joe Rogan - courtesy of YouTube.
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