It seems like the entire Pacific Northwest has been blanketed with smoke this week. There are no fires in the immediate area, but nevertheless, winds have been blowing the smoke our direction. Luckily, the chimpanzees’ playroom is a nice cool, well-ventilated escape from the outdoors. We’ve also been boosting the chimps’ immune systems with respiratory tea and other natural supplements as per our veterinarian’s (Dr. Zamzow) recommendations.
This morning it was relatively clear and cool at the sanctuary- perfect foraging weather! In addition to the usual breakfast fruit and primate chow, we added some cattails that grow wild in our pond at the sanctuary and scattered them around Young’s Hill. The chimps ate the fruit immediately and spent the rest of their morning leisurely wadging the cattail fiber.
Negra:
Burrito:
Jody:
I wish that the air was cleaner out your way. Still, I’m glad to see that the Cle Elum crew can still venture out to feast on cattails. These photographs capture the beauty in Jody’s eyes.
Respiratory tea! The Cle Elum Seven are so very lucky to be in your care. I am thinking you need to change your name to Chimpanzee Spa Northwest. As always, I appreciate and enjoy all your photos of the days events. XO
Kathleen: I love your comment about changing the name to the Chimpanzee Spa Northwest. You are right — they sure are taken good care of. I love reading your comments Kathleen.