Comments on: Baby elephant frolics on a beach http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 09:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993589 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993589 Elephants shouldn't be owned by anyone. The guy in blue "owns" that elephant. Elephants shouldn’t be owned by anyone. The guy in blue “owns” that elephant.

]]> By: heyitstay http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993596 heyitstay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993596 Am I crazy for watching videos like this and The Happiest Penguin Ever and thinking "wow, that animal is FREAKING OUT"? Am I crazy for watching videos like this and The Happiest Penguin Ever and thinking “wow, that animal is FREAKING OUT”?

]]> By: pidg http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993858 pidg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993858 <blockquote>Maybe it is just the raging liberal in me, but going from "awwwww" to "are those kids wearing Exxon/Mobil schwag??" was a bit of a jolt.</blockquote> ZOMG, people who work for oil companies are not all bloodthirsty childkillers - some of them are almost human!

Maybe it is just the raging liberal in me, but going from “awwwww” to “are those kids wearing Exxon/Mobil schwag??” was a bit of a jolt.

ZOMG, people who work for oil companies are not all bloodthirsty childkillers – some of them are almost human!

]]> By: za7ch http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993607 za7ch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993607 Sad thing is I'm thinking this baby is being all dopey because it's pumped full of drugs. :( Sad thing is I’m thinking this baby is being all dopey because it’s pumped full of drugs. :(

]]> By: BDiamond http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993622 BDiamond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993622 You mean something like this? http://www.twoyoutubevideosandamotherfuckingcrossfader.com/#6Nh49a8q2E4/NUCYIVMpZ0M You mean something like this?

http://www.twoyoutubevideosandamotherfuckingcrossfader.com/#6Nh49a8q2E4/NUCYIVMpZ0M

]]> By: rebdav http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993642 rebdav Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993642 I think it would be fun to grow up with elephants a common sight, and monkeys too. I think it would be fun to grow up with elephants a common sight, and monkeys too.

]]> By: Ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-994411 Ocker3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994411 I cringed as soon as I heard the lady telling her kids to say "wake up baby elephant", she was training them to interfere with animals rather than just watch them and let them do what they want. And it was incredibly obvious that this was a paid performance at the end when she insisted on each of the kids giving their review of the event. She was seeking approval for having arranged this entertainment for them. not funny, not a good video. show me the video I recently saw of an orphaned elephant making friends with a sheep and becoming relaxed enough to eat again, Then I'll smile. I cringed as soon as I heard the lady telling her kids to say “wake up baby elephant”, she was training them to interfere with animals rather than just watch them and let them do what they want. And it was incredibly obvious that this was a paid performance at the end when she insisted on each of the kids giving their review of the event. She was seeking approval for having arranged this entertainment for them.

not funny, not a good video.

show me the video I recently saw of an orphaned elephant making friends with a sheep and becoming relaxed enough to eat again, Then I’ll smile.

]]> By: Quiet Noises http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993401 Quiet Noises Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993401 I recently caught the doc <i>For the Love of Elephants</i>. I had never known just how delightfully goofy animals baby elephants are. You can watch the doc here: http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/natureofthings/2010/loveofelephants/ I recently caught the doc For the Love of Elephants. I had never known just how delightfully goofy animals baby elephants are. You can watch the doc here:

http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/natureofthings/2010/loveofelephants/

]]> By: Kirsten Anderson http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993924 Kirsten Anderson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993924 A baby elephant goofing around really is the purest manifestation of joy. I dont think this baby was doped up- they play like this naturally, so do baby rhinos. It's amazing to see these majestic and stoic looking creatures act like total happy spazzes as babies. A baby elephant goofing around really is the purest manifestation of joy. I dont think this baby was doped up- they play like this naturally, so do baby rhinos. It’s amazing to see these majestic and stoic looking creatures act like total happy spazzes as babies.

]]> By: Alan http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993669 Alan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993669 Nah, baby elephants just like to play. I was at a zoo just the other day, watching a 7 month old elephant doing the same exact thing. Nah, baby elephants just like to play. I was at a zoo just the other day, watching a 7 month old elephant doing the same exact thing.

]]> By: JhmL http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-994440 JhmL Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994440 :/ :/

]]> By: lackhead http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993422 lackhead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993422 Maybe it is just the raging liberal in me, but going from "awwwww" to "are those kids wearing Exxon/Mobil schwag??" was a bit of a jolt. Maybe it is just the raging liberal in me, but going from “awwwww” to “are those kids wearing Exxon/Mobil schwag??” was a bit of a jolt.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993423 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993423 No tip ? That baby can't eat sand. No tip ? That baby can’t eat sand.

]]> By: trieste http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993433 trieste Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993433 I'm sure the children, or proto-hipsters as I call them were wearing it 'ironically'. I’m sure the children, or proto-hipsters as I call them were wearing it ‘ironically’.

]]> By: Tatsuma http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993436 Tatsuma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993436 How else do you think they can afford to take the kids on a vacation to Thailand? If your Daddy was working at ExxonMobil you could enjoy some fun in the surf as well. How else do you think they can afford to take the kids on a vacation to Thailand? If your Daddy was working at ExxonMobil you could enjoy some fun in the surf as well.

]]> By: David B http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993440 David B Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993440 This reminds me of one of the best memories from my year-long trip through Southeast Asia when I was younger. We (girlfriend and I) were up in Northern Thailand and had stumbled upon an elephant hospital; not the ones in the Lonely Planet guides packed with tourists, but a more off-the-beaten-path one. It was full of retired work elephants and young mothers, as well as some babies. The mothers and their babies seemed to me the most joyful creatures on earth, frolicking and having a really good time. We stood at one of the pens for a good hour, just watching them all together, and occasionally getting sneezed on by the one baby with a cold. This reminds me of one of the best memories from my year-long trip through Southeast Asia when I was younger. We (girlfriend and I) were up in Northern Thailand and had stumbled upon an elephant hospital; not the ones in the Lonely Planet guides packed with tourists, but a more off-the-beaten-path one. It was full of retired work elephants and young mothers, as well as some babies. The mothers and their babies seemed to me the most joyful creatures on earth, frolicking and having a really good time. We stood at one of the pens for a good hour, just watching them all together, and occasionally getting sneezed on by the one baby with a cold.

]]> By: Tavie http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993441 Tavie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993441 thank you for this. thank you for this.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993447 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993447 Unfortunately, that elephant has suffered a lot, and many others too. Particularly a cruel process named "phajaan", that is done at a very young age to these amazing creatures. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC1kXyZpdWI Unfortunately, that elephant has suffered a lot, and many others too. Particularly a cruel process named “phajaan”, that is done at a very young age to these amazing creatures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC1kXyZpdWI

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993457 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993457 I have a special respect for Boing Boing, specially Cory Doctorow, but I cannot avoid stressing my discontent regarding this video. This video was shot in Thailand and it is widely known that in Thailand (and other places) people resort to phajaan training to domesticate elephants, starting at an early age. I am not 100% sure that this particular elephant is subject to it. Nevertheless I can only tell what hints me to that. It is stated by the person that uploaded the video that the baby elephants come to "play" at the beach twice a day. Why so regularly? Moreover, the beach clearly seems like a beach in front a touristic resort where there are plenty of women (and men) like the one that shot the video and that love these scenes. So it seems to me that this is clearly a touristic thing. Moreover, in the end the elephant suddenly stops "playing" in the sand when the trainer signals to him. Then the trainer grabs on to the elephant's ear and the baby elephant starts waving goodbye with his trunk. Baby elephants don't wave goodbye naturally, they have to be trained. In what condition was he trained? Most probably he was also trained to "play" in the sand twice a day. Because of this, looking at this video just makes me feel bad. -artur palha I have a special respect for Boing Boing, specially Cory Doctorow, but I cannot avoid stressing my discontent regarding this video. This video was shot in Thailand and it is widely known that in Thailand (and other places) people resort to phajaan training to domesticate elephants, starting at an early age. I am not 100% sure that this particular elephant is subject to it. Nevertheless I can only tell what hints me to that. It is stated by the person that uploaded the video that the baby elephants come to “play” at the beach twice a day. Why so regularly? Moreover, the beach clearly seems like a beach in front a touristic resort where there are plenty of women (and men) like the one that shot the video and that love these scenes. So it seems to me that this is clearly a touristic thing. Moreover, in the end the elephant suddenly stops “playing” in the sand when the trainer signals to him. Then the trainer grabs on to the elephant’s ear and the baby elephant starts waving goodbye with his trunk. Baby elephants don’t wave goodbye naturally, they have to be trained. In what condition was he trained? Most probably he was also trained to “play” in the sand twice a day. Because of this, looking at this video just makes me feel bad.

-artur palha

]]> By: teleny http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993474 teleny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993474 And they say that elephants were once aquatic creatures.... And they say that elephants were once aquatic creatures….

]]> By: TEKNA2007 http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993733 TEKNA2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993733 I was thinking (listening to the mom talk to her daughters) this could be used as an example (for a later stage of development) in the "How to Talk to Your Baby" series. http://www.npr.org/2011/01/10/132740565/closing-the-achievement-gap-with-baby-talk I was thinking (listening to the mom talk to her daughters) this could be used as an example (for a later stage of development) in the “How to Talk to Your Baby” series.

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/10/132740565/closing-the-achievement-gap-with-baby-talk

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-994246 pjcamp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-994246 I don't get it. Where's the banana? I don’t get it.

Where’s the banana?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993498 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993498 And in another hour or so that same little elephant and its handler will be roaming the tourist districts of Phuket until well into the night (and next morning), giving drunken foreigners the chance to buy it some sugarcane. Not quite so cute in that context. And in another hour or so that same little elephant and its handler will be roaming the tourist districts of Phuket until well into the night (and next morning), giving drunken foreigners the chance to buy it some sugarcane. Not quite so cute in that context.

]]> By: Suburbancowboy http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993499 Suburbancowboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993499 We've seen the Benny Hillifier, this video needs the Henry Mancinifier. We’ve seen the Benny Hillifier, this video needs the Henry Mancinifier.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2011/01/13/baby-elephant-frolic.html#comment-993520 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-993520 I take it that you are referring to this masterpiece of early 1960s American pop music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nh49a8q2E4 The John Wayne movie it's from, "Hatari!", is IMHO pretty good - but everybody in it smokes way way too much! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056059/ Gotta love those elephants! I take it that you are referring to this masterpiece of early 1960s American pop music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nh49a8q2E4

The John Wayne movie it’s from, “Hatari!”, is IMHO pretty good – but everybody in it smokes way way too much!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056059/

Gotta love those elephants!

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