Yesterday we threw a big party on Young’s Hill for Annie’s 44th birthday! The chimps were filled to the brim with all kinds of delicious foods, so much so, that there were still some leftovers deemed worthy by some adventurous foragers this morning.
Annie found what at first glance looked like a leftover banana leaf:
Upon further examination, it turned out to be the outermost skin of a watermelon rind.
Annie was more than happy to clean up after her own party
Jody found several remaining sunflowers to snack on as well:
Again today, Negra reaped some of the benefits of Jody’s hard work. I snapped this photo of her through the playroom window while we were cleaning this morning. 
Ah, the Queen and her expectation of tribute from her royal subjects. One concludes
that Negra is not merely the sort of figurehead, Constitutional monarch whom Johnny
Rotten famously crooned about 40 years ago…(granted, “She ain’t no human being!”: chimpanzees, like all non-human species, are incomparably superior form of life).
Just so you know, I am in total denial that Negra would take a lovely, yummy, fresh sunflower from dear Jody. I am sure Jody decided to share……
Second, amazing to see the skin of a watermelon cleaned out like that. That’s an artistic endeavor.