Chimpanzee Art

Brent  a 37- year old chimpanzee has won an online art competition by painting colours with his tongue.

The competition was organised by The Humane Society of  the United States. Brent   a retired laboratory  chimp  has won 10,000 American dollars for the Louisiana Chimp Haven Sanctuary.

The on-line competition attracted 27,000 voters and  a cheetah from Florida has won $5,000  behind the winner Brent..

Brent was unavailable for comments.

Wouldn’t be a beautiful wall paper design?

Winner of the online chimp art competition.
Photo credit: The Humane Society of the United States via The Independent.UK

Image provided by Chimp Haven, Inc. shows Brent, a chimpanzee at Chimp Haven in Keithville, La. The 37-year-old chimpanzee paints with his tongue via the Independent, uk

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