As JB mentioned in his blog post last month about power, mornings at the sanctuary can often be determined by the luck of the draw. Today I should have played the lottery because I was blessed with good weather, good moods, and good enrichment.
If you’re a long time reader of the blog you’ll be familiar with the concept of enrichment and how central it is to engaging the chimpanzees actively in their environment. If you’re new here I encourage you to explore to find older entries we’ve written about it, like this one. We try to provide new and engaging activities and items for the chimpanzees on a regular basis to help mitigate the boredom that can result from captivity. To that end, we have an enrichment calendar to schedule themes for creating the daily enrichment that the chimpanzees are given; it helps us stay creative.
Today’s theme was lots of paper, and yes, it’s been done before, but the reprise was just as good as the original, if you ask these chimpanzees. Of course, you don’t have to take my word for it, you can see it for yourself in the video below!
Nancy Lewis says
I love the last scene! I would imagine that paper days could be repeated many times without the chimps growing tired of it. It’s good for so many things!
Stephanie says
I love the last scene also! Funny!
Rita Stevenson says
Its ALWAYS wonderful to see the CE~7 happily excited, whilst enjoying their enrichment <
today, J B outdid himself,, and so did the chimps..
When the chimps are engrossed in their activity's, and having so much fun ,, to the point of building a comfy,fluffy,soft,cozy nests, and stashing food for private snacks under their blankets,
then life is great, all is good, and couldn't be better, , ,
Life in a Sanctuary is beautiful, and just keeps on getting better ~
Thank You, CSNW
for always giving your best to Negra, Jody, Annie, Burrito, Missy, Foxie and Jamie,
Rita Stevenson says
correction, Lisa, outdid herself re today’s paper enrichment,
I love how Missy created her paper nest today, such a PRO who knows ,she knows, what she is doing!
was Jamie hanging out alone today, chill-axing,
they are all such unique, complex, interesting, endearing and perfect masterpieces of healing, health and wellness, as result of their life in a Sanctuary…
JudyBurns says
LOVE What you did with the paper! Who would have thought that would keep them busy? So happy you take such awesome care of these guys!
Kathleen says
A question for you. Not knowing how the chimps engage all their senses, is part of the fun of the paper just hearing the crinkle-crackle sound? Were the chimps more playful because of the paper sounds under their feet?
And that last shot of Jamie reading Rolling Stone magazine cracked me up!!! I laughed out loud! I wasn’t aware she was a music/politics kind of a gal. Right on Jamie.
(If you’d like more issues, I could save them up and send some Rolling Stones your way — along with car magazines too. Let me know)
Mary C Otterness says
I loved the short one of the Genius “reading!”