Occasionally, we offer the chimpanzees sugarless chewing gum as an enrichment treat, and to potentially help with their dental hygiene. They’re all mad for it. Whereas the seven tend to chew briefly, then swallow the gum, the three just loll around chewing it for ages, putting it in their lip to look at, stretching it out with their fingers.
I hoped to get a few photos of everyone enjoying their gum, but as you may be aware, the second you bring out a camera, Mave, Honey B and Willy B race up to see what they can see. Willy B immediately wanted to look at himself chewing gum and then look at “selfies” of him chewing gum.
Can’t say I blame him:
A bonus photo of Jamie napping peacefully in her colorful, fluffy nest, hugging her beloved boot book:
If you subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on FaceBook, you hopefully got a chance to watch the video Diana shared full of thanks from all of us to all of you! It’s incredible what you make possible every single day for these ten amazing chimpanzees who call Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest their home. And tomorrow, on Giving Tuesday (December 1st), do we ever have a doozy of an exciting announcement for you!
An announcement? CANNOT WAIT!!!Willy B is so much fun.Looking at Jaime all snuggled up in her beautiful nest holding her beloved boot book-it made me think…I love how deeply she loves.Jaime has so much passion.i want to love like Jaime.thx Boss, for inspiring me!
Isn’t it funny how Mave, Honey B and Willy B totally get what gum is all about?! Great photos of Willy enjoying his gum and his handsome selfies.
And you are killing me with this teasing about your big announcement — I can’t wait, and I am having such fun trying to guess what your announcement is all about. You guys never disappoint!
PS: a little something will arrive at your PO Box on Wednesday, one day late, to kick off the holiday month. xoxoxo
Oooohh, can’t wait to see this year’s amazingness you so generously create for us each year, Kathleen! <3
More chimps, more chimps, more chimps!
😛
My favorite with the gum chewing has to be the ever fabulous Ms Fox. She chomps it with her mouth open, like some old geezer on a park bench talking to himself, “too old, don’t care”.
What a delightful conclusion to a long work day! I laughed out loud seeing Willie B stretching his gum out & how he loves to be on camera! What a guy. And the other pics are so heartwarming. I’ll admit to loving all of them but Jamie has a special place in my heart. Seeing her at peace with her book is profound to me. A being of serious, studious and sincere sensibilities (sorry for all the s’s). And the video piece of the chimps walking parallel to the cattle is priceless. Thank you for making my day, all of you!
What endearing photographs. I can only imagine what Jamie is dreaming. I wonder if she still has her copy of “Jamie’s Book of Boots” which someone made for her a while back?
She has a few, Tobin, and it’s what she’s hugging in her sleep here. 🙂 They take a beating so we try to keep them on order, she loves them so.
An “announcement,” eh…
“Roses are red,
& violets are blue.”
Whaaat??? An “announcement without even a clue???”
HaHa….I’m hoping it has something to do with the number ” 10 “…Possibly increasing sooner than you thought was possible…At any rate, whenever that day comes, it will certainly be a day of rejoicing…
The great photos just cracked me up…Jamie falling asleep while reading her boot book on that colorful pile of cosy looking blankets &…Frankly…All I have to do is l o o k at Willy B, & I instantly start grinning from ear to ear…What a big, handsome & funny guy he is, who loves to “yuk” it up when he’s looking at his reflection to check out his teeth & make such sweet & goofy faces…How endearing is THAT…BTW, I’d love to wake up every morning & look at the photo of him playing with his chewing gum like the funny little rascal he is…
Another happy vlog…I love it…
OMG that photo of Willy B and the gum is just priceless, he’s such a card!
I have a few guesses about the big announcement…it better not be “everybody gets cabbage for dinner!”
What a funny delightful photo that is of Willy stretching out his gum. It amazes me that they knew how to CHEW it and not swallow it. That picture really cracked me up. And my sweet Jamie, how I love that girl. Those last two photos on this post lifted my spirits after a lonely Thanksgiving. And I think we are all guessing that more Chimps are coming real soon. (Talk about touching moments, did anyone see the video of Cher singing “A Dream is a wish your heart makes” to that lonely elephant Kaavan she recently rescued? Talk about a tear jerker–but HAPPY TEARS.)