Benson, Etienne S2023-05-222023-05-222014-01-012019-02-22https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/37369This article discusses the problematics and potentialities proposed by the "minimal animal" an animal that is nothing but a stochastic pattern across a blank page. The minimal animal was not an invention of the 1960s, but the tracking systems and digital computers that first became available during that period both broadened its reach and changed its character in significant ways.Originally published in Antennae © 2014 Antennae (http://www.antennae.org.uk/back-issues/4583697895). Reproduced with permission.Animal SciencesAnimal StudiesEnvironmental Indicators and Impact AssessmentEnvironmental MonitoringHistory of Science, Technology, and MedicineResearch Methods in Life SciencesArticle