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There are a lot of artists
that build big moving structures for art.
There are plenty of stage shows,
which need massive mechanical stuff
Here in Nantes,
there's one place
Les Machines de l'île,
are best known
12 meters high, weighing 48 tons,
it regularly "goes for a walk"
But the big difference here is:
Unlike a lot of theme park attractions,
not only does the elephant
it has to put on those shows safely
The two creators started this
There was a desire from the mayor
to renovate all this place
The elephant was constructed
from 2004 to 2007,
about 30 months of construction.
All the machine that have been made
used wood, stainless steel, and leather,
We use plastic on some parts,
because we don't want to use plastic
We have hybrid motorization
that will power the elephant
For the legs of the elephants,
many people think
but if they touch the ground,
The elephant works as an automaton.
For the movement of the head or the ears,
they are all programmed in a computer.
You have 44 hydraulic cylinders
6 gas cylinders,
To make the elephant move,
one pilot, and one guide
to assure the safety of people inside,
but also to make
We may have about
moving with him during his walk,
but we always keep a security perimeter
between the front wheel and the crowd.
The elephant is about 48 tons,
so it could be very risky
Safety here makes a lot more sense
Yes, there are a lot of moving parts,
We're not allowed to film,
The same way if you're riding on a bus,
you can't actually get close
Ultimately, this is a slow
You can stand up on a bus or a train
with much sharper
Now there are places that would've made
and honestly,
I'd be tempted to say that...
[elephant screams]
yes, maybe a few people can ride,
but we'll charge them €100 each
[elephant continues screaming]
That way, it's much less of a hassle.
But a ride on this elephant
They have a boarding procedure
and there are 50 passengers
The most impressive part
is not that it works.
show after show, day after day,
in the real world with people on board,
and it's not the only attraction here.
This place is the older warehouse,
the old workshop
Inside the gallery,
We have a caterpillar, we have a heron,
We have also smaller machines.
During the visit,
to take part on a trip on the machine,
or to move several parts of the machine
Every machinist needs training
to move every machine inside the gallery.
The most difficult to move is the spider,
It's very complicated, as you move
After the spider,
the other most complicated machine
"Little" is a euphemism,
because it's about 7.5 meters wingspan
and about 3 meters high.
We have a lot of parts to move,
The Sea World carousel
Inside you find 36 machines,
The machines are inspired
- A lot of workshops
can struggle to pay the rent.
Charging people for rides and admission
is a great way
Between the elephant,
this is basically a small theme park now,
but more than that, it's affected
Some of the funding
came from local government
as part of a deliberate attempt
and make it somewhere
The question, "why would you
now has an answer:
you can ride a giant mechanical elephant