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Gordo’s 34th Berry Happy Birthday Bash!

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Today we celebrate Gordo’s 34th birthday! You’re not going to want to miss the video from today’s celebration! There are berries boxes, and bounces!

We would also like to thank Paulette Wrisley for being the second sponsor for today in honor of Gordo Chimpanzee, and followers Tom Austin and Dan Oksiuta! Thank you so much Paulette for sponsoring today in honor of these three amazing individuals! And happy birthday Tom and Dan! We hope you were able to celebrate today and had as much fun as Gordo did!

Here are some bonus photos from today’s celebrations!

Birthday Boy Gordo:

Rayne:

Honey B bobbing for berries:

Willy B bobbing for blueberries:

Pure bliss!

Jody:

Burrito with an oatmeal wadge:

Burrito, Jamie, and Missy fishing for berries:

Happy Birthday, David and Gordo!

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Many thanks to Terrell Stockdale for sponsoring this special day of sanctuary in honor of David Stockdale and Gordo (Chimpanzee 🙂 )!

“I would like to sponsor July 19 in honor of my son David’s 42nd and Gordo’s 34th birthdays. Hope everyone enjoys the party.”

Happy Birthday, David! We hope it’s the best one yet!

And we’re so excited to be celebrating Gordo’s second birthday with us since he and his group arrived to the sanctuary a little over a year ago! Terrell, it means so much that you included Gordo in your celebration of your son, David, and we’re happy to get to celebrate them both today.

Gordo is still rather a man of mystery for us humans. But although he tends to be a bit aloof with his human caregivers and chimpanzee friends (with the exception of his half-sister, Dora), we’ve been delighted these past few weeks to see him really beginning to feel more comfortable in showing us his silly side. He’s been engaging caregivers in wild games of chase and tickle all while sporting a huge play face, more often joining in play with his chimp friends, and even surprising us by adorably bunny hopping his way with excitement through parties (Gordo is his own person, but fingers crossed for today!). It’s such a privilege getting to know this handsome guy and we’re so thrilled to see him honored and celebrated today.

We are so fortunate to have two Sponsor a Days celebrating this handsome fella today! We hope you can join us on the blog later today for the celebration!