Happiest of honorary birthdays to Negra Chimpanzee! We are throwing a big party this weekend for Negra’s birthday and the 10th year of the chimpanzees arriving at the sanctuary, so stay tuned for that! Today we are doing some special things just for Queen Negra, namely giving her some of her favorite things to eat. This morning we started the day with sweet potato pancakes! Negra loves both sweet potatoes AND bread, so these pancakes were just the right thing for a breakfast treat. In case you missed the video of the chimps eating their pancakes, you should definitely check out our Facebook Live video on our page. For lunch we put out a lettuce and peanut forage on Young’s Hill, two more of Negra’s favorites.
In preparation for dinner, volunteer caregiver Jake is busy baking sweet potatoes, peeling corn and cutting up oranges. The queen will be thrilled!
The birthday girl enjoying her lunch forage:
Happy Birthday Dear Negra! Long live the beautiful Queen!
Negra looks as if she is at her finest on her 45th birthday! These photo are gorgeous. She looks so beautiful sitting in the tall silky grass — almost as if Young’s Hill is one big beautiful glorious natural nest just for Negra!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEGRA! Can’t wait to see the big celebration this weekend.
Happy Birthday Neggie!! May it be your very best year ever!! Hugs and love to you all….
Happy Birthday Sweet Negra! You look stunningly beautiful sitting in your throne of green grass! May all of your food dreams come true and may this birthday be your favorite one ever! I love you????
Happy 45th birthday, beautiful, dear Negra! Indeed…Long live the Queen! 🙂
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night,
Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
All your life —
“You’ve been only waiting for this moment to arrive.”
Much as I can see from these photographs that the birthday girl seems to revel in the flora of her terra firma, looking at Negra I find myself thinking of the song “Blackbird” from the Beatle’s “White Album.” Somehow, I find the words and music fitting. I hope that today and all of the rest of Negra’s days are joyous.