Quote Originally Posted by catnapper
Wow, thats stupid.

Does anyone watch "Myth Busters"? They did a show based on the girl from the James Bond movie "Goldfinger" where the girl died from being painted gold. They painted the one Mythbuster with gold latex paint. He had some serious physical reactions, mainly alarmingly high bloodpressure. His body reacted badly to not being able to breathe. Wouldn't an elephant's body also do the same?
They used "body paint" which, like make-up, does allow the skin to "breathe" more than a latex paint would, but I don't even tolerate make-up, and cannot image te elephant was very comfortable.