Panda-Painted Elephants Grab Attention
Pandas are black and white furry bears, and elephants are huge, grey, thick-skinned mammals. The two species aren’t much alike, but they were combined for visitors when elephants at the Thai Royal Elephant Kraal were painted as pandas and paraded for visitors.
The elephants were painted in response to a female panda who recently gave birth. The panda newborn has captured the imagination of the public and has led to the construction of a $20 million baht snow house just for the panda family.
The panda-painted elephants were led on a walkabout as a reminder from the elephant keepers to the Thai public that elephants are the symbolic animal of Thailand.
The black and white elephants were shown at the Royal Elephant Kraal in Ayutthaya province 50 miles north of Bangkok late last month. Schoolchildren were on hand to watch the painted creatures. The display was well received by the public.
By RMJ on 13-07-2009
Comment by pacat
July 13th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
MY Grandma,you have a big nose…….The better to smell you my dear.
Almost as cute as pandas.
Comment by Anon
July 13th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Who doesn’t love Panadas or Elephants?
I’ve always loved both…
Comment by pacat
July 13th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
well you now have them both rolled into one
Comment by zayzayem
July 14th, 2009 at 5:25 am
I hope they used a non-toxic non-irritating paint base
Comment by tom
July 17th, 2009 at 6:57 am
this was on http://www.ratedorhated.com