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Chimpanzees and Cattails?

August 4, 2018 by Diana

The Cle Elum Seven chimpanzees and their relationship with cattails goes way back. In fact, I can’t think about cattails without thinking about Burrito covered in cattail fluff way back in 2008.

We have a couple of big ponds and some wetland areas around the property and the cattails look just beautiful right now, so Anna chopped some down to add to the chimps lunch forage on the hill today.

Jody in particular likes fresh cattails and she eats both the long green leaves and the brown flowers that remind me of corn dogs. After foraging for the lunch veggies, Jody collected as many cattails as her mouth could carry and headed for the greenhouse.

 

Meanwhile, Negra had the escher structure to herself and was enjoying all of the food I had scattered from top to bottom.

In fact, Negra climbed up higher than I’ve ever seen her go before!

 

Today, Negra brought a friend with her on her adventures – a green-haired Strawbery Shortcake doll.

 

After a good long time foraging, Negra too went back to the greenhouse. When she spotted Jody’s cattails, she decided she should take a couple. Being the Queen, Jody allowed this theft to happen.

Negra really has been a new chimpanzee lately. Not the food-stealing – that’s been part of her repertoire for a while, but climbing up high and staying out on the hill for a long time is new. She’s also been very playful with us caregivers. There is absolutely nothing better in this world than seeing Negra laugh and be happy and relaxed. She just continues to remind us that everyone grows into themselves on their own timescale. Welcome to the sanctuary, New Negra.

Filed Under: Chimpanzee Behavior, Jody, Negra, Sanctuary, Young's Hill Tagged With: animal protection, Animal Welfare, cattails, chimp, chimp enrichment, chimpanzee, chimpanzee rescue, chimpanzee retirement, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, chimpanzees, Cle Elum Seven, Enrichment, Jody, Negra, Sanctuary

Annie Bird’s Birthday

September 10, 2016 by Diana

Today we celebrate Beautiful Annie’s birthday. For the breakfast party in the greenhouse, we chose to have a bird theme because of the bird noises that she, uniquely, makes when she is relaxing.

owl pinata

 

The theme turned tropical with coconut, watermelon (that’s tropical, right?), pineapple, and fruit smoothie. Plus some primate chow, which Annie is fond of:

coconut troll

 

Also included were headbands (on the decorative slinky below) because of Annie’s sense of fashion.

slinky

 

Her friend Francoise even sent a book from Canada for us to interact with Annie (I did, later in the day, but didn’t get any photos – we’ll continue to have fun with this book, I can tell – Foxie and Jamie were very interested in it too!)

bird book

 

Later in the day, for the lunch forage, we had some of Annie’s favorite foods: green onions, leeks, cattails, and romaine lettuce. And we included some roses from the garden, mini-peppers, and more primate chow.

food tray

treat rock

 

Let’s get down to the chimp pics. You decide if Annie enjoyed our efforts:

Annie with chow

Annie with coconut

Annie coconut lip

annie

annie with green onion

annie with green onion

Annie with lettuce 2

Annie with lettuce 3

annie with lettuce 1

annie in grass 2

Annie in grass

annie checking in treat rock

 

Of course the other chimpanzees appreciated Annie’s celebration too.

Burrito on a mission to find more food:

Burrito foraging

 

The coconut was a special treat:

hand holding coconut

 

Foxie:

Foxie with coconut

 

Missy:

Missy coconut

 

Negra:

Negra with coconut

 

Jody:

Jody with coconut

 

But there were plenty of other treats to enjoy throughout the day:

 

Negra foraging:

negra sit in grass

 

Jody with leeks:

jody leek

 

Missy with a mouthful of chow:

missy in the grass

 

Jamie’s hand getting the plate of food from under the tub:

Jamie's hand getting plate

 

 

Jamie with a leek and cattail:

jamie leek

jamie cattail

 

The day ended with more treats – baked sweet potatoes and beets:

Erin serving

Annie eating beets

 

Annie thanks everyone for making her 42nd birthday a day of celebrating her favorite things and honoring how much we love her!

 

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Filed Under: Annie, Party, Sanctuary Tagged With: animal rights, Animal Welfare, cattails, chimp, chimpanzee, chimpanzee sanctuary, csnw, forage, Party, retirement, Sanctuary

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