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|  I have some artist friends, who make beautiful drawings and paintings. But an orangutan as an artist, this is really great. Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo is using eBay to sell paintings made by a rare artist -- a 39-year-old orangutan. One painting created by the zoo's male primate, Towan, had reached $410 on the auction site with 12 bids as of 7 p.m. eastern time Monday. A second piece had reached $350 with 14 bids.
"Own a true original! Woodland Park Zoo's orangutan, 39-year-old male Towan, has created a beautiful painting, rendered in his own hand," the zoo's description of the painting on eBay reads. The art works, created with acrylic paints, have been matted in black frames and come with a photograph of the orangutan artist at work.
Funds raised by the auctions will go toward the 2009 conference of the Third Annual International Congress of Zookeepers/36th American Association of Zookeepers National Conference, the first joint conference featuring both organizations.
Hello this is certainly something very nice, the orangutan will help the zookeepers.
What is your view?
DR.B.SARAF Ph.D.
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1.  drannhh (9911)
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5 years ago
| |  Terrific! Zoos make some good money selling paintings by elephants, too. I wanted to see the orangutan's paintings so I found this link:
http://blog.seattlepi.nws...
Here is a picture of the artist, named Towan:
http://monkeydaynews.blog...
I kind of hate to say it, but one late elephant, named Ruby, was a much better artist than many people who actually work in the trade. Here is one of her abstracts oil paintings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...
Her paintings commanded over 10 times what the orangatang is now priced at, unframed and unmatted, but the buyers got to watch her paint. Her previous livelihood? Trying to squash ducks! The zookeepers allowed her to paint in order to prevent her from getting bored and injuring other animals.
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 Transdisc (18434)
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5 years ago
| |  Thanks for all of these links, drannhh! I was hoping someone smart like you would stop in here with just this sort of thing. :)
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| drannhh (9911)
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5 years ago
| | Hah, hah, Transdics! I adored Ruby and am almost as smart as the average orangutan! | | | |
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| 2. winterose (18783)
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5 years ago
| |  wow that truly is something
I also read about a dog who alledgedly can paint as well
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| 3. byfaithonly (6284)
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5 years ago
| |  I think that's great as long as the funds raised continue to help the animals. I have heard of this before but never actually seen it.
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| 4. Lakota12 (23201)
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5 years ago
| |  very nice of that Orangutan to help out.
and would be nice to own a picture made by him but alas I couldnt afford one!
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| 5. sunshinelady (6109)
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5 years ago
| |  I watched a program that was showing also elephants that paint. I like new and unique things and this is one of the things I like to learn about. I love animals and I think it is great that it is being noted that they can do things. I am a firm believer that animals do think maybe not as we do but they do think. Watch animals sometimes and that is proof in itself. Orangutans are a intelligent animal and it doesn't surprise me that he paints. What better way to express oneself than through paint whether it is animal or person doing the painting.
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