[3] The inspiration for the song came from an image that CMJ New Music Monthly said Claypool "couldn't shake ... 'an elephant's ass heading away from you'".

[6] The official music video for the song is in entirely stop-motion with the band (in live action) appearing on TV screens.

At the climax of the video, the scientists and the elephants (along with some hippos and rhinos) then escape from their laboratory when the poachers begin to attack via orders from their leader.

Claypool initially worked on storyboards for the video but moved on to foam sculptures when he found that medium easier to express his ideas.

Animation was slow work; Claypool said that the studio was only able to produce six to ten seconds of footage per day, and the video took six weeks to complete.