Animal-made art

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/animal-made-art

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the evolutionary drivers?Primarily sexual selection, indicating fitness, resourcefulness, and cognitive ability
2. What is the legal precedent?US Copyright Office states works lacking human authorship cannot be copyrighted
3. What kinds of art do animals make?Animals make colorful nests, patterns, and even music like bird songs and whale songs. They build special structures such as bowerbird bowers and pufferfish sand circles.
4. Why do animals build bowers or sand circles?They use them to attract mates and show how healthy and clever they are. The designs also help mark their territory.

Anthropocentric: Considering human beings as the most significant entity in the universe.
Sexual Selection: A mode of natural selection where members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with.
Ethology: The scientific and objective study of animal behavior, usually with a focus on natural conditions.