# Animals & Art

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-art/10170>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 12, 2000, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-art/10170 "2000-04-12T05:36:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-art/10170/1 "2000-04-12T05:36:00Z")

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I checked the entire archive, and I may have missed it, but I want to know (being involved in the subject)… does anyone know of any non-sentient animals that have any sort of aesthetic sense? That is, do animals like art?

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-SPOOFE

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**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-art/10170/2 "2000-04-12T05:56:00Z")

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I’ve heard about elephants that like to paint pictures, so I guess that could count.

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**Author:** ![lindsay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@lindsay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsay)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-art/10170/3 "2000-04-12T06:32:00Z")

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There was an elephant named Ruby who did paintings, they sold for around $4,000.00 each.

Also NOVA has programming that shows gorillas painting, heck they look as good as any Van Gogh to me.

As animals can see colour, no reason to presume they wouldn’t enjoy it.

My two animals prefer their toys and bedding to be yellow.

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lindsay

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-art/10170/4 "2000-04-12T07:24:00Z")

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Grizzly bears are said to face west and watch particularly pretty sunsets. As soon as the show is over, they move along.