On a typical day at the sanctuary, we put out around 60 blankets for the chimpanzees. They use the blankets to build large, soft nests.
Jody, in particular, loves her blankets. (Watch a video from a few years ago of Jody building a nest out of a million blankets here.) She loves her blankets so much that she often picks up her whole nest and carries it with her when she decides to move from one area to another. While the other chimps tend to abandon their nests when they leave the area and build a new one elsewhere, it seems Jody doesn’t want to risk being left blanketless.
I envy Jody. I wish I could take my bed with me wherever I went. 🙂
Must be a Jody thing. I love my blankets!
I just saw the old video (link above) and what an amazing transformation! Jody’s skin and hair look wonderful today. Who would balm anyone that takes all the comfy blankets after (how many) years of living in a hard cage? She is like living it up! It is so cute how she makes a circle lays down the readjusted the circle of blankets around her so every part of her body is on a blanket….seems human like!