Tao, a four-year-old male elephant at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center, possesses a sort of hit-and-miss style, appropriate considering his name translates as "dice."

Tao, a four-year-old male elephant at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center, possesses a sort of hit-and-miss style, appropriate considering his name translates as "dice." Of the nine elephants at the center who paint, his style is distinctive from all others, resembling only that of Ngam. Although not the brightest of the bunch, Tao makes up for this with his sweet, albeit impetuous nature. He was rescued from the streets of Bangkok.

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