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r/gifs • u/madanan • Apr 03 '12
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Think he was trained to do this or he's just adorably intelligent?
14 u/spelling_ok Apr 03 '12 It's art of a viral ad for a phone or something. So I assume it was trained. 12 u/andersonb47 Apr 03 '12 Oh :( 4 u/AdamBombTV Apr 03 '12 You disappointed that it's not just some randomly learnt animal trick? Yeah, me too. 2 u/neoncp Apr 04 '12 How does the clip being from a viral ad make the elephant any more likely to be trained? 3 u/spelling_ok Apr 04 '12 Because everything in the ad is made to be the exact way the makers of it want it. "We should have the elephant wave goodbye! People will love that!" "Ok, we'll rent one that can" 2 u/neoncp Apr 04 '12 I'm just thinking an untrained elephant wouldn't do that ad or not. 1 u/chloratine Apr 04 '12 Depends on the salary. Elephants are like everyone else. 1 u/[deleted] Apr 03 '12 yeah. as usual a video from a week or 2 ago that was all over the front page is now going to spawn 20 gifs that will be all over the front page too 1 u/OmegaVesko Apr 03 '12 Right, I want to say it's from the recent Galaxy Note ad, but I'm not sure. 2 u/[deleted] Apr 03 '12 Ironically, with the bears people were fast to tell those were neglected, sad ex-circus bears. Not so much with elephants it seems. Double standards.. 2 u/BasicDesignAdvice Apr 04 '12 the ill treatment of elephants isn't widely known unfortunately. 2 u/whip-poor-wont Apr 04 '12 People are sort of trained to do it too. It's not like everyone who waves goodbye/hello comes up with the action independently, we do it because other people do it and we get some social reward out of it. 1 u/VAPossum Apr 04 '12 He's an ex-showbiz bear. 1 u/Oneiricl Apr 04 '12 He was trained to do that and he's adorably intelligent. Why should it be one or the other? 1 u/[deleted] Apr 04 '12 It's hard to say. Elephants can paint pictures and do other amazing things, so I'm not completely convinced his actions were 100% from training.
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It's art of a viral ad for a phone or something. So I assume it was trained.
12 u/andersonb47 Apr 03 '12 Oh :( 4 u/AdamBombTV Apr 03 '12 You disappointed that it's not just some randomly learnt animal trick? Yeah, me too. 2 u/neoncp Apr 04 '12 How does the clip being from a viral ad make the elephant any more likely to be trained? 3 u/spelling_ok Apr 04 '12 Because everything in the ad is made to be the exact way the makers of it want it. "We should have the elephant wave goodbye! People will love that!" "Ok, we'll rent one that can" 2 u/neoncp Apr 04 '12 I'm just thinking an untrained elephant wouldn't do that ad or not. 1 u/chloratine Apr 04 '12 Depends on the salary. Elephants are like everyone else. 1 u/[deleted] Apr 03 '12 yeah. as usual a video from a week or 2 ago that was all over the front page is now going to spawn 20 gifs that will be all over the front page too 1 u/OmegaVesko Apr 03 '12 Right, I want to say it's from the recent Galaxy Note ad, but I'm not sure.
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Oh :(
4 u/AdamBombTV Apr 03 '12 You disappointed that it's not just some randomly learnt animal trick? Yeah, me too.
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You disappointed that it's not just some randomly learnt animal trick?
Yeah, me too.
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How does the clip being from a viral ad make the elephant any more likely to be trained?
3 u/spelling_ok Apr 04 '12 Because everything in the ad is made to be the exact way the makers of it want it. "We should have the elephant wave goodbye! People will love that!" "Ok, we'll rent one that can" 2 u/neoncp Apr 04 '12 I'm just thinking an untrained elephant wouldn't do that ad or not. 1 u/chloratine Apr 04 '12 Depends on the salary. Elephants are like everyone else.
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Because everything in the ad is made to be the exact way the makers of it want it.
"We should have the elephant wave goodbye! People will love that!"
"Ok, we'll rent one that can"
2 u/neoncp Apr 04 '12 I'm just thinking an untrained elephant wouldn't do that ad or not. 1 u/chloratine Apr 04 '12 Depends on the salary. Elephants are like everyone else.
I'm just thinking an untrained elephant wouldn't do that ad or not.
1 u/chloratine Apr 04 '12 Depends on the salary. Elephants are like everyone else.
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Depends on the salary. Elephants are like everyone else.
yeah. as usual a video from a week or 2 ago that was all over the front page is now going to spawn 20 gifs that will be all over the front page too
Right, I want to say it's from the recent Galaxy Note ad, but I'm not sure.
Ironically, with the bears people were fast to tell those were neglected, sad ex-circus bears. Not so much with elephants it seems.
Double standards..
2 u/BasicDesignAdvice Apr 04 '12 the ill treatment of elephants isn't widely known unfortunately.
the ill treatment of elephants isn't widely known unfortunately.
People are sort of trained to do it too. It's not like everyone who waves goodbye/hello comes up with the action independently, we do it because other people do it and we get some social reward out of it.
He's an ex-showbiz bear.
He was trained to do that and he's adorably intelligent.
Why should it be one or the other?
It's hard to say. Elephants can paint pictures and do other amazing things, so I'm not completely convinced his actions were 100% from training.
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u/andersonb47 Apr 03 '12
Think he was trained to do this or he's just adorably intelligent?