Art By Animals

22/07/2017

http://pizonanews.com/michael-jacksons-pet-chimp-bubbles-stars-in-miami-art-show-%E2%80%A2-channels-television-2/

There are 48 orangutans and chimpanzees living in north Florida’s Center for Great Apes and many of them are finding celebrity in the art world after spending their early years as forced performers…

22/06/2016

Documentary on BBC4 tonight at 9.00:
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-06-22/storyville-unlocking-the-cage--are-animals-people-too

David Butcher discovers the extraordinary legal battle aiming to grant sweeping new rights for animals in captivity

15/06/2016

Documentary about Koko on BBC1 tonight at 8.30:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07gxpd7

The unique story of scientist Penny Patterson and Koko, the gorilla she taught to sign.

09/09/2015

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/05/23/new-england-aquarium-offers-paintings-made-by-seals/

New England Aquarium is offering a "Paint With the Seals" experience for visitors to watch as an Atlantic harbor seal paints a custom piece of art.

19/08/2015

http://qz.com/482120/the-worlds-most-famous-gorilla-is-showing-signs-of-early-speech/

“Koko has developed vocal and breathing behaviors associated with the ability to talk, previously thought to be impossible."

14/08/2015

Gorilla taught sign language, comes out as gay to his father:
http://www.clickhole.com/article/science-ftw-researchers-taught-gorilla-sign-langua-2805?utm_campaign=default&utm_medium=ShareTools&utm_source=twitter

Prepare to have your mind blown! Scientists at the San Diego Zoo have made a tremendous leap forward. After working for over three years with a 270-pound gorilla named Sampson, researchers say he is now able to fully express over 1,500 signs of modified sign language and has even come out as a ho...

05/08/2015

Hainan gibbon decline charted in Chinese records
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33776466

Interesting article about the decline of the world's rarest primates.

The decline of the Hainan gibbon - the world's rarest primate - has been revealed by a trawl through historical Chinese documents.

28/07/2015

https://www.facebook.com/graspunep/posts/10153551347708993

Zoo is conducting a review after Teliti, a five-year-old female, appears to have climbed a shade sail and jumped over enclosure outer wall onto boardwalk

18/07/2015

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/10/chimpanzees-bossou-south-eastern-guinea-habitual-drinking

Inhabitants of forests in Bossou, south-eastern Guinea, enjoy rich, alcoholic brew fermented from sugary sap

18/07/2015

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/26/asia/handsome-gorilla-shabani/ can the anthropomorphism of apes go as far as a handsome gorilla that makes hearts flutter in Japan?

Who could resist that striking countenance, that chiseled brow -- and that toned, furry butt?

01/03/2012

Art by Animals at the Grant Museum extended until the 14th April by popular demand (and to cover the school holidays). Still time to check it out folks!

14/02/2012

In Wired:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/animal-art/

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