This morning everyone wanted to eat chow outside! It was a perfectly brisk morning with warm sunshine, no complaints there.
Jody in her usual spot on Young’s Hill:
Jody was breathy panting with excitement for Missy to come join her:
Jody, Missy, and Foxie heading out:
Foxie:
Annie took her chow out to a log and enjoyed some solitude:
Burrito joining the ladies:
After the Green House was cleaned we put in some new foliage called Lemmon’s willow. The chimps had never tried this before and we were interested to see who would like it. We assumed Jody would, but we actually found almost all the chimps wadging on it at one point in the day, particularly Jody, Annie, Burrito, and Missy!
Jody munching on a Lemmon’s willow branch:
Missy snagging a branch:
Missy took a branch bigger than her inside to snack on:
**BONUS**
Today’s daytime enrichment was firehose knots with nuts and seeds inside. As I was walking around and snapping some photos I found Jamie enjoying what looked like 3 or 4 knots and a troll sock tied around her ankle. She had tied it herself and had been casually strutting around with it. However, once she saw that I noticed the anklet she took it off discreetly (it was very hard to get a picture of this).
Jamie with her troll anklet:
It looks as if Missy and Jody are BFF’s too, how sweet. Lucky Missy to have so many friends these days. How cool seeing everyone enjoying their new willow treats too! And Jamie, it is hard being the smartest girl in class…… and modest too. ; )
I give to your sanctuary & LOVE the posts! I would also like to give to help orangutans – – do you have a suggestion about which group to which I should give? Thank you so much for your work and for answering a question that is not about the wonderful & precious 7!
Hi Colleen, we so appreciate your support!! And it is very important to help out the orangutans right now! There are a few great places you could follow to help the Orangutans: Orangutan Foundation International is an amazing non-profit group that are located in Indonesia, they work on conservation and rehabilitation. You can follow them at https://orangutan.org/ or Center for Great Apes which is located in Florida is also another amazing non-profit has help many orangutans find Sanctuary! Check them out at http://www.centerforgreatapes.org/
Such a clever lady!