The Effects of the Environment on the Drawings of an Extraordinarily Productive Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) Artist

We report on the case of an extraordinary orangutan who spontaneously produced over a thousand drawings in 5 years. This female orangutan, Molly, started drawing when she was estimated to be 50 years old. Although it has been established that great apes spontaneously draw without training, she produ...

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Main Authors: Yuki Hanazuka, Hidetoshi Kurotori, Mika Shimizu, Akira Midorikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02050/full