Hey! Tomorrow is the last day of the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale (what a cool concept, right?) You can help Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest by heading to the Tacoma bake sale located at King’s Books, 218 St Helens Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402. Find out more on the Facebook event page, which includes photos of some of the yummy baked goods you can buy. If you want to bake something as well as purchasing baked goods, feel free to drop in with your goodies at the book store tomorrow (Sunday) at noon. In addition to the baked goods, 35 copies of the vegan baked goods recipe book is up for sale. All proceeds support the sanctuary, so indulge!
Speaking of sweetness, if you saw our April e-news last week, you learned a little bit more about beautiful Annie. However, if you’re somewhat new to the sanctuary and the blog, you might not be aware that Annie has a habit of making bird noises (check out the video in the “Annie-isms” blog post from 2010 to hear her chirps). She has a particular technique for producing these sounds that involves holding both hands over her face. She was relaxing in the greenhouse this afternoon making her bird sounds and I snapped a few photos.
Annie involved her feet in the chirping today:
She may have just been having fun with her lips in this photo:
I think she’s generally quite pleased with herself after a good bird call (chimpanzees don’t smile the same way that humans do, but Annie often looks like she has a grin on her face from our human perspective):
oh my gosh, how adorable is that face in the last picture 🙂
It sure looks like she’s smiling the same way humans do. Her facial expression might mean something different to a chimp, but to a human, it’s an endearing look.
I hope I get to hear her do those chirps some day.
My cat’s ears perked right up when she heard Annie’s chirps…how funny that she makes those sounds!! Maybe one of her happy sounds?? Annie dreamboat Annie! She is adorable!! Thanks for the sweet photos of her Diana!
I had just been wondering if she still made her bird song. Nice to know. Thanks
I would certainly say that that last photo seems to capture of wonderfully pleased expression! 🙂