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A Subtle Hint from Jamie

January 26, 2019 by Diana

Last week, you may recall that I had a difficult time choosing a subject for a blog post. Well, here’s an explanation of one of the reasons why.

The enrichment theme for that day was “reading day” and Jamie took that to heart.

She seemed particularly enamored with a Dwell magazine. I even saw her gather up the magazine when she was moving from the front rooms to the playroom.

We see the chimpanzees carry blankets from one space to another and their favorite things (dolls for Foxie, boots for Jamie, wooden or plastic objects for Burrito), but it was the first time I’ve seen a chimpanzee so deliberately take a magazine that wasn’t smeared with peanut butter into a new space.

I didn’t get a sense that it was any particular page that she was interested in, as she carefully and thoroughly looked through the entire magazine:

Included in the reading day was a large catalog full of all sorts of products. When I went into the playroom in the evening to spot clean one last time, I found the catalog on the catwalk opened to this page:

Did boot-loving Jamie  purposely leave the catalog for me to find, hinting at a future gift idea?

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  1. Kathleen says

    January 26, 2019 at 8:40 am

    You need to ask?! Seriously? And clearly a gal has to look over every single page because you never know what may find, even in a an interior living magazine. Oh Jamie, you will never, ever ceae to amaze!

    Thanks for the laugh Diana. I totally cracked up laughing, full force, over the ending of this post.

  2. Karen says

    January 26, 2019 at 8:50 am

    I don’t know what to say! To think that she did what she did boggles the mind! Her concentration is better than most kids! That she found the boots is unbelievable! What a chimp. As I said ages ago, if she were human, she’d give Jeff Bezos a run for his money!

    • Linda says

      January 26, 2019 at 5:44 pm

      Diana, I doubt it was a coinky dinky…Karen, have you seen her eagle eyes at work in the video from Christmas 2015? Just as amazing, as is the solution

  3. June Ireland says

    January 26, 2019 at 9:13 am

    I’m delighted but not at all surprised. Clearly Jamie was making her point. Boots!

  4. e Reininger says

    January 26, 2019 at 11:53 am

    Wow is that ever amazing. I don’t for one minute think it was just a coincidence.

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