I Wanna Draw Like You: Inter- and Intra-Individual Differences in Orang-Utan Drawings.

ABSTRACT: This study analyses 749 drawings by five female Bornean orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus) at Tama Zoological Park in Japan. We searched for differences between individuals but also tried to identify possible temporal changes among the drawings of one individual, Molly, who drew almost 1300 drawings from 2006 to 2011. An analysis of the drawings was carried out after collecting quantitative and qualitative variables. Our findings reveal evidence of differences in the drawing style of the five individuals as well as creative changes in Molly's drawing style throughout her lifetime. Individuals differed in terms of the colours used, the space they filled, and the shapes (fan patterns, circles, or loops) they drew. Molly drew less and less as she grew older, and we found a significant difference be

SUBMITTER: Pele M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8614565 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature