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Archives for June 6, 2015

taking care of each other

June 6, 2015 by Diana

Today Annie and Missy spent a good part of the hot afternoon grooming each other in the greenhouse.

Notice in the photo below that Missy is grooming her own arm with a twig while Annie grooms her head. Classic Missy.

Annie grooming Missy's head

 

Missy had a bit of an injury to her left eye (nothing serious), so Annie was very interested in that, but she took her time working her way around to grooming that spot:

Missy and Annie grooming close-up

 

Once she got there, she didn’t hold back:

Annie grooming Missy's eye

 

Annie grooming Missy's eye close-up

 

It turns out that Annie had a bit of an injury on the back of her left year, which I noticed because Missy noticed it. In this photo and in the one above when Annie starts grooming Missy’s eye, both chimpanzees have a relaxed face with slightly parted lips – a sign of concentration.

Missy grooming Annie's ear

 

Though injuries and even old scabs are really interesting, there’s always different areas to check out – here’s Annie removing something that was stuck to the hair on Missy’s arm:

Annie grooming Missy's arm

 

Who needs a spa when you have such fastidious friends?

Annie grooming Missy's head close-up

 

Filed Under: Annie, Grooming, Missy, Sanctuary Tagged With: best friends, chimp, chimpanzee, csnw, Grooming, northwest, rescue, Sanctuary

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