Step 1: Approach a friend and start grooming them. Hope for reciprocation.
Missy reaches out to groom Jamie:
Step 2: Decide this isn’t quite the kind of reciprocity she was looking for.
Jamie grooms Missy’s eyelid:
Step 3: Move on and decide to do some self-grooming with a small stick.
Step 4: Find a different friend who is also partaking in some self-grooming.
Annie grooming her own leg:
Step 5: Look a little wistful.
Step 6: Lay down and relax.
What a sweet smart girl !
Love that wistful look 🙂
Yes, sweet. Made me say “aww…”
I am certain that Annie was more than willing to attend to best friend’s grooming needs. Even so astute a simian dermatologist as Dr. Missy needs a routine check-up once in a while.
I mean…that’s why they call ’em BFFs, right?
Boss Jamie has a very delicate touch to groom that very delicate eyelid. Love wistful Missy closeup.
I always (especially) enjoy closeups of the chimp’s hands & feet…They’ve always fascinated me, & I love the opportunities to study all the details & compare them them to our own hands & feet…I’m awestruck at the similarities…