Elephant Self Portrait refers to a popular viral video which appears to document the painting of an elephant, by an elephant. The elephant resides in Lampang, Thailand, under the protection of The Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project.

1. The painting is clearly of an elephant
2. The drawing illustrates an elephant holding a flower
3. Cynics call the footage altered
4. Several noticeable cuts in the video footage
5. Several moments throughout the video the elephant's body is not seen just the trunk
6. Some have theorized that the Elephant was trained to draw the shapes
7. There is debate whether this is footage of animal cruelty, or animal creativity