Amazing example of sexual selection: The male pufferfish works 24-hours a day for a week to create this ocean-floor masterpiece. Why does he bother? It's his equivalent of the peacock's tail: an adaptation designed to attract mates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpdlQae5wP8 … HT @41strangepic.twitter.com/L1UaPQ2VFV
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That's a very interesting point, to how extent individuality plays a role. Indeed, even in humans we consider the individual's intention to define what is or isn't art (if something was intended to have artistic value, even if it's a urinol, it'd be considered art).
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In that sense, even if it's not aesthetically pleasing, it'd be art. So there'd probably be many more examples in the animal kingdom of "art" making that we don't even notice. Now, extrapolating a little: does making art mean having culture?
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