Meet the talented elephant whose paintings sell for $1,000 (video)
Tricia, a 50-year-old Asian elephant at an Australian zoo, has been taught how to put paint to canvas in an attempt to keep her mentally and physically stimulated.
As the footage shows, all Tricia's keepers at Perth Zoo need to do is hand her a paintbrush and she gets right to work.
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Not only is the elderly elephant coming up with some colourful creations but some of them have even been sold for $1000 AUD.
Painting is just one of the activities that the elephants take part in at the zoo. As you can see from the film, the calm creatures clearly enjoy the occasionally kickabout too, not to mention a good soak at the end of the day!
Tricia is the matriarch at Perth Zoo as well as being something of a local celebrity.
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According to the zoo, elephants are natural artists and have been known to draw in the dirt around them with sticks.
If you want to get your hands on an elephant original you might just be in luck: the art is available to buy with prices starting at $45 AUD.
All the proceeds raised from the sale of the paintings goes towards helping threatened species in the wild.
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