RE: Elephants
Elephants are really smart but don't be fooled by the paintings.
They are trained, one stroke at a time to draw the elephants and flowers. I've seen a bunch of those videos and in the ones where the elephants are still learning, you can see the trainer guiding the elephants movements. (usually by touching the elephants mouth and tongue.)
Elephants when on their own with a brush and paint make simple, random marks. No self portraits, no flowers.
Those are also Asian elephants which are not hunted anyhow.