Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
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Jamie is a fascinating individual. She takes her job as boss very seriously, so she’s usually so busy keeping everyone (chimp and human) on their toes that she doesn’t have much time to relax. Yesterday, though, Jackie caught her in a rare quiet moment.
Having grown up in southern California, I don’t think I ever really appreciated spring until I moved to a part of the country with a real winter. It was only a few weeks ago that it was finally warm enough outside for me to open the windows in my apartment. That’s probably my favorite part of spring: the first dose of glorious, fresh air. I thought of the chimpanzees and how it wouldn’t be long before we would be able to open the barn doors in their playroom and let the warm air in. As Jackie said in this post, that opportunity came just the other day, and the chimps seemed to be just as grateful as I had been. Here’s some video from that day.
I love to watch chimpanzees groom. There’s something so calming about it, even for an observer.
Volunteers Stephanie and Kate came to the chimp house this morning armed with a bounty of goodies (edible and non-) for a party celebrating the arrival of spring!
Jody is a pretty serious chimpanzee. She seems to take everything she does very seriously, whether it’s greeting a caregiver, playing (somewhat reluctantly) with one of the other chimps, or kicking back in a nest. This is one of the things I find (simultaneously) most intimidating and most endearing about Jody. Check out Jody’s “serious face”:
Although Annie is at the bottom of the hierarchy and has her nervous moments, for the most part, the girl knows how to relax.
