The chimpanzees had some special guests today! Friend of the chimpanzees (and the humans!) Adrienne Armstrong, along and her family and friends, Ollie, Jessy, and Jamie, paid a visit to the sanctuary to volunteer in the chimp house. And they brought the chimpanzees piñatas! And you’ll never guess who made a haul of all the loot…Annie!
As you may recall from a previous post, as the least dominant of the chimpanzees, this is quite a bold move for Annie and an undertaking not without some risk involved. As the boss of the sanctuary, Jamie typically makes a quick claim to enrichment like piñatas, leaving the other chimps to wait for an opportunity to see if anything was missed when she casts them aside. But today Jamie was distracted by a new pair of boots being “chimp approved” in the kitchen so Annie decided to make her move.
Jamie was briefly torn between seeing Annie with the piñatas, and staff with the new boots, but after screaming at Annie once and throwing a blanket at her from the loft, the prospective new boots won Jamie’s attention. And Annie seized not only her opportunity, but all, yes ALL, of the piñatas!
Annie wasn’t even swayed by her best (and more dominant) friend, Missy, who continually approached her while peering at her and moderately suggesting she hand the loot over. Annie just calmly picked up the piñatas and moved her spoils elsewhere. Gotta love this girl.
Thank you so much, Adrienne, Ollie, Jessy and Jamie, for all that you do for the chimpanzees and for making their day (especially Annie’s!!) special!
Amy M says
GO, ANNIE!!!
Nancy Lewis says
I always have stronger feelings for the ‘underdog’, so I’ve always been curious about Annie. So glad to see she ‘bogarted’ all the pinatas!
Humphrey says
Love it!
Annie Norris says
I’m beginning to think “the least dominant” will soon no longer be the go-to description for Annie!
You go girlfriend!!
Cody Marie Phoenix says
Thank you Adrienne, Ollie, Jessy and Jamie for brightening my Pal Annie’s day! Annie, you’ve finally found your spirit girl, keep with it! Love ya! 😉
Amy G. says
This one had me laughing so hard at the end of a very hard week, make that month. Thank you for posting this and for helping Annie to find her courage. Way to go Annie!!!!