George’s integration into a social group continues! This is very likely the only time in his life he’s been with two other adult male chimpanzees at the same time!
Big congrats to Ellen for leading this successful introduction and thanks to J.B. for the footage.
The trio spent the whole day together and tonight George and Cy are a duo once again with Gordo back with his group.
Our plan is to carry out the same process with other chimpanzees, with George and Cy remaining together. This will give us some information on group dynamics that one-on-one intros don’t provide and will give Cy the opportunity to decide what to do if there’s a conflict between George and another chimpanzee.
Tensions did rise at one point and George and Cy had an every-so-brief mild scuffle today. Gordo did not get involved. For a chimpanzee intro, we couldn’t have asked for a better result that these three. We feel proud of all of them.
It feels as if George has been running and playing with Cy and Gordo forever.
Look at those boys go! You’d never know that George is the new guy in town! He even got Gordo’s subtle invitation for chase!
George looks so happy, chasing Cy and hugging Gordo.
He is still a youngster with so much to learn and he is a lucky boy to have ended up at CSNW.
Such a loving and caring place to live.