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A new grooming medium…

October 18, 2009 by Jackie

I bet you thought the only use for a crayon was to color…

By the way, that sound you hear Jamie making is called Lip Smacking and is associated with grooming.

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  1. Margaret and Karen says

    October 18, 2009 at 6:09 pm

    How beautiful!

  2. MS says

    October 19, 2009 at 5:28 am

    After spending a life in captivity, it is amazing that Jamie instinctively knows to lip smack while grooming. Is the lip smack used to pacify or calm the groomee?

  3. Anna says

    October 19, 2009 at 7:37 am

    I know y’all dedicate lots of energy to making the lives of the chimps comfortable and interesting … so I’m certainly not surprised, but nevertheless touched, that the chimps would feel close enough to y’all to want to groom you. 🙂

  4. Candy (Tyler, TX) says

    October 19, 2009 at 11:29 am

    Between the grooming and the smacking sound, which I like to hear, I’d be falling alseep.

  5. Denice says

    October 19, 2009 at 12:10 pm

    I wonder if she could do anything with the age I have on the back of hand?

    So intense, yet so gentle.

  6. Pat C says

    October 19, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    Jamie’s fingers are just so beautiful. I love close up shots like this. Thank you!

  7. Theresa says

    October 20, 2009 at 8:43 am

    Leave it to our Jamie to use a crayon for other than coloring. Or was she trying to see if it would show up on skin as well as paper? What beautiful hands she has!

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