Peter, an elephant at Elephantstay in Ayutthaya, Thailand, decided to partake in an impromptu duet with musician Paul Barton. Says Barton:
I was actually playing for Soi, a 5 year elephant, when Peter came by with his mahout on his regular evening trip to the river for a bath. Peter heard the music and made deviation from the mud road (behind the tree) to the piano. I suddenly felt something strange sucking the back of my head and had an unexpected duet partner. In another video he plays piano and my back as a drum. The mahout you can hear occasionally isn’t giving commands in any way to Peter, rather voicing a tiny bit concern for the piano’s survival.
I like the part where he looks like he’s dancing.




28 Nov 2012

