In one of the many Elephantstay villages in Thailand, a musically-inclined pachyderm named Peter decided to join in on a piano blues solo "entirely on his own accord" with musician Paul Barton, who uploaded the now-viral video to his Youtube channel, the Huffington Post reports.
Peter and his elephant friends are true blues lovers, dancing, bopping and shaking their butts along to the music, and Peter even joins Barton by playing a few notes of his own with his trunk during the 12-bar blues piece.
According to the Elephantstay's official Facebook page, a non-profit program in which Peter is a part of at the Royal Elephant Kraal & Village in Thailand, visitors have a unique opportunity to live with, care for an learn about Asian elephants up-close and personal.
The Facebook page also posted a bonus video of Peter playing a red clarinet and high-fiving Barton while clearly enjoying the music.
Elephants are highly intelligent animals, among the world's smartest species. Their brains are larger than those of any other land mammal, and similar to a human's in terms of structure and complexity. Elephants have been known to produce abstract art and can be trained to learn a pattern of brush strokes in sequence and produce a concrete picture of, for example, another elephant.
A 36-year old Asian elephant at the National Zoo named Shanti is also known to enjoy playing the harmonica and various horn instruments, notably ending her songs with a crescendo.
