Pas de Calais (62), France - Built in France as part of the Machines of the Isle of Nantes, an art and culture show full of dream and fantasy, the 12 meter high x 8 meter wide mechanical elephant was cobbled together using 45 tons of reclaimed wood and steel.
Inspired by the Sultan's Elephant, an interactive show featuring a mechanized elephant, the massive robot looks surprisingly lifelike aside from a few nuts and bolts and some joints at the trunk and legs showing. Dubbed the "Great Elephant," it can carry up to 49 passengers at a time on a 45-minute walk.
