A post is being shared widely on social media with the claim that it shows Ando, the most beautiful elephant in the world. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Photos of Ando, the most beautiful elephant in the world.
Fact: The elephant in the photos is not real. It is a computer-generated character for the ‘Dumbo’ movie. The same pictures can be seen in the posters of that movie. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the photos were run through Google Reverse Image Search, we found that the elephant in the photos is not a real one. The uncropped versions of the posted photos can be found in the gallery of the ‘Dumbo’ movie on the IMDB website. The elephant’s character name is ‘Dumbo’ (not Ando), and it can fly in the movie. The trailer of the movie can be watched here.
More information regarding the CG creation of the Dumbo character can be read here and here.
To sum it up, a CG character from the ‘Dumbo’ movie is falsely shared as the most beautiful elephant in the world.
