As promised!
Burrito
Mystery gifts
Our supporters have been very generous with gifts of material goods, particularly the items listed on our Amazon Wish List. Unfortunately, we occasionally receive these in-kind gifts without any donor information included. This seems to occur more often with purchases from Amazon that go through a 3rd party vendor.
So, if you have sent a gift to CSNW and have not received acknowledgment from us within 4-6 weeks, please email me at [email protected]. We are very grateful and we would love to thank you personally!
Annie & Missy
Annie is the most anxious member of the Cle Elum Seven, but you wouldn’t know it from the photos we take. She always looks so serene:
Missy rivals Foxie for “most playful member of the group”. Here’s Missy in the middle of a game of tug-of-war with me today. She always looks like she’s up to no good:
Always playful
There was a short break in the gloomy weather today, so Foxie made sure we got in a good game of pass-the-troll outside. Even though she’s in her 30’s, she has the spirit and energy of a little kid. The last photo captures the look she gives just before she does some crazy twirl or flip.
Goofing Off
Turn the sound up and you can listen to Foxie laugh at her own antics. And notice the nice new paint job on our outdoor caging, thanks to our volunteers!
Bowls and straws
For today’s afternoon enrichment, we filled bowls with tea, soy milk, soy yogurt, peanut butter, and ketchup, and placed the bowls on the outside of the chimps’ enclosure. Then we gave them tools to fish for the food.
Its fascinating to watch the different personalities in action. Burrito has no patience, and he’s not a very adept tool user either. Negra will use someone else’s straw once they’ve fished it into the bowl, but she won’t do it herself. Missy, Annie, Jody, and Foxie are all very patient and skillful. But Jamie is by far the best. I didn’t catch this on camera, but Jamie found a clever way to get the last bit out of her bowl. After she had gotten all of the yogurt that she could, she went to the water fountain to get a mouthful of water. She spit the water through the caging and into the bowl, diluting the remaining yogurt. Then she fished her straw through and drank the liquid.
