Each morning we start the chimpanzees day by serving a snack in the indoor areas. This snack is usually a pretty good motivational tool so we can close off the Greenhouse for some cleaning. To unlock an area for humans to enter it, we need that enclosure to be chimp-free and securely closed off, but sometimes getting an area chimp-free isn’t so easy. Especially when that area is a really warm, sun-filled greenhouse. This beautiful morning I was expecting the challenge, so I opened up the wooden barn doors immediately to let the morning air into the chimpanzee’s playroom area. The chimps were so excited they came pouring in from the greenhouse, making the morning breakfast shift that much easier!
Today is the first day it almost feels a bit HOT of all things. For your viewing pleasure: a brief clip of Jamie and Jody relaxing next to the barn doors:
Anna you are so smart, outwitting those clever chimps — especially Jamie! And thanks for including this sweet video clip of those two, lovely ladies of leisure! Love it!!
No one outwits Jamie 😉
But we can learn to motivate her!
Looking at the size of the blanket Jamie is sprawled on I can clearly see what a big girl she really is! I’m curious–Can you tell us her weight and height? Is she bigger than Burrito? Thanks!
She weighs about 110-115 lbs, which is similar to Burrito. She is taller than him though. I would say she is a relatively tall chimpanzee, especially for a female, with a fit athletic figure (all those walks around Young’s Hill).