there is some metalworking content...
saw this in Wired (august '06) magazine
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click on the "les images de vendredi, à suivre..." (etc.) at the bottom and continue till you get to the giant animatronic elephant.
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the article said they have 21 operators (human puppeteers) inside the elephant. (kinda blows away any/everything from burning man huh?) (gotta (grudgingly) hand it to the french in this case huh?) cool how they get it to snort air out it's trunk.and then this... (august '06 maxim magazine)
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funny, silly.b.w.