Honey B and Jamie seem to be the smarties. However, do not get me wrong everyone is extremely intelligent! There is a similar way in which Jamie and Honey B do certain things. I often wonder how the two will get along. I am curious in what their dynamic will be like. Honey B seems equally strong willed, curious, great with tools, and very resourceful. Sound like anyone you know? We have mentioned before that Jamie will sometimes scream when an item of food is valuable to her. This is in hopes it will cause the group to panic and drop the valuable food. Smart and resourceful right? We have observed Honey B using the same strategy in food situations as well. Honey B is great with tools and figures out the food puzzles fairly quickly. Honey B likes projects such as a bucket of soap and scrubbing. They both enjoy leeks or any onion form. And most importantly when you look into their eyes you can see the wheels turning. Honey B and Jamie, also as we might have mentioned before, remind many of us of Tatu, who lives at the Fauna Foundation. Tatu is another one of those smarties who is always planning and you can see it in her eyes.
Jamie, Honey B, and Tatu know how to remind you that just because you might be a human doesn’t mean you are smarter than them.
Another awesome similarity, we have watched Jamie make nest/forts with big enrichment items and we have seen Honey B do the same. Recently, there was a big play toy put in the Mezzanine. It got knock over and later on the spy camera we saw Honey B pulling the big toy toward her nest, having it surround her.
Example of one of Jamie’s forts:
This is the big toy Honey B incorporated in her nest:
Wow, I can’t wait for these two smarty pants to meet !
I’m excited/nervous about it, I hope they will be friends 🙂
I think each is cunning in her own way, and my prediction is that together, they shall be a force to be reckoned with.
Oh beautiful Tatu, another chimp woman I admire. The thought of all three together sounds like just what we need — smart, savvy, powerful, creative women to rule the world. ; )
Amazing all the similarities between Jamie and Honey B! Only time will tell ……
My heart leapt at the mention of Tatu in the blog. I remember her from Roger Fouts’ book, which, dare I say, made a major impression upon me. How I wish that Tatu, Loulis, Moja, Dar and Washoe could have lived in a sanctuary like CSNW. Indeed, when I first discovered CSNW, I was disappointed not to find Taro and the rest in residence.
I do believe these 2 will be best friends. Even if they don’t realize it at first.
Jamie realizing there’s someone else as smart as she, and taking on an apprentice.. .
Honey B as apprentice to Jamie, the other way around? 🙂
My first thought about the big forts… Perhaps wanting the type of safety of being among trees’ high branches? They’ve never known it but we do see them exhibiting wild chimp behavior all the time.
Kids are totally reliant on their parents until the peer group enters the picture. Jamie just might dump the humans and tap Honey B to walk around the hill with her. That would be something to see! We’ll soon see how this all plays out but I hope they become good friends. Does Honey B have a fetish? Instead of boots, maybe she’d like shoes!?
That is amazing that she got that in by herself. Sounds like they are pretty smart. Enjoy hearing about
the funny things they think of doing.