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Burrito Photo Contest!

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Can you believe Burrito is about to turn 41 years young on January 6th? Sometimes I forget because it feels like his energy is never-ending. Every day we are so grateful for Burrito’s presence. He brings such a light to our lives with his easy-going, fun-loving personality. Life with Burrito is always full of laughter and joy. In celebration of Burrito’s 41st birthday we will be having a photo contest to have you all pick your favorite photo of Burrito, we will then be selling the photo with the most votes. I know we all want a photo of Burrito in our homes! We will post the contest every day on the blog, so you can vote once per day and you are welcome to vote for more than one photo! The contest ends on January 8th at 6:00 p.m. PT.

Bonus!

Not everything got delivered in time for Chimpmas. Jamie got to open her new boots today and was soooo happy! I mean look at them, who wouldn’t be:

She built a giant nest for her and her boots to nap in and seemed very content the rest of the day:

Burrito spying on the neighbors at lunch:

There were a few extra photos of Rayne and Cy from Saturday:

Don’t forget to vote!

Post Party Blues

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Today was pretty low key. The chimps seemed to be recovering from all the festivities, I think we can all relate to that! Please enjoy a few photos of the chimps having a nice lazy day.

Jamie on the barrel:

Jamie holding Foxie’s doll and her bonobo book:

Honey B eating Brussels Sprouts:

Lucky:

Rayne soooo sleepy in a nest:

Cy:

Gordo grooming Terry (Cy and Mave grooming in the background)

Gordo is so handsome:

Prep, Play, Party

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Well, folks, it’s official- there’s only one more sleep ’til Christmas (if you celebrate). 🙂

Caregivers and volunteers have been sorting through generous donations, wrapping up a storm, keeping up with daily chores, and planning for the celebration tomorrow! Thank you to everyone who has donated items off of our wish-lists, every single one is so appreciated!

While the humans have been shuffling about, the chimps have been up to their typical tomfoolery. The other day I was walking by the front rooms in Phase 1, or Cy’s group’s side of the building, and I caught some pretty funny sheet action. Mave and Dora seemed to be playing with someone and the someone was determined to stay under the sheet! Who could it have been? Check out the video for the answer!

And a big, big thank you to our Comfort & Joy Donor of the Day: Virginia K.

Your donation of a set of hugging pillows has brought so much joy to the chimps (and humans) here! After a caregiver or two gave them each a big hug we set them up for Jamie and her group to enjoy.

I’m also super excited to tell you all that it’s SNOWING right now! Nice, big, gentle flakes that aren’t sticking yet, but we’re supposed to get some more tomorrow maybe. Anyone else dreaming of a white Christmas? 🙂

With winter in full swing outside, I thought I’d share some photos from this past summer to remind us all that summer & sunshine will be here before we know it!

Foxie, looking beautiful and sassy:

Jamie, watching all:

Negra enjoying some corn and iceberg lettuce:

Sweet Annie, relaxing in a nest:

Dora the Distractor

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Yesterday, Mave and Gordo were having a very sweet grooming session, but as Mave’s BFF, Dora was obviously not far. I found myself having a hard time capturing the moment between Mave and Gordo because a delightful little chimp (Dora) with sweet, big eyes kept distracting me and causing me to put the camera back to her, but I mean, can you blame me? If you were not already in love with Dora, I think this video will help.

We would like to give a very special thank you to Marjorie C. for purchasing Naomi the Narwhal Squishmallow for the chimps!

Oh! Before you go, a few bonus photos!

Sweet, sweet Terry:

Rayne enjoying one of her sheets! She looks a lot like her sister Tatu in the photo:

The Very Giant Caterpillar

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We’re continuing the trend of giving the chimps items our supporters donated to us during our Comfort & Joy online auction! Today, we celebrated with a very giant, very squishy, multi-colored caterpillar. I mean, how fun is that?!

I didn’t get a chance to snag much footage today, but Cy started out his morning grooming the caterpillar as I held it on the other side of the caging. Then it went over to Negra and her crew… check out today’s video for more!

A special Thank YOU to Diana K. for donating the Multi-Colored Caterpillar!

With Christmas right around the corner, don’t forget that you can help us celebrate with the chimps by donating items off of our Amazon Wish-List! See more by clicking here. 🙂

A Few Bonus Shots:

Willy B, giving us some serious model angles:

A Blurry-Terry, mid-Raspberry:

Life of Enrichment and Giant Stuffed Dolphin Thanks!

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It felt fitting to have today’s blog be about enrichment! There are so many different ways to enrich the chimps lives! The video highlights a few of the many ways to add to the chimps day to day life. Thank you to Comfort & Joy auction winner Emily H. for the giant stuffed dolphin for Jamie’s group! We put it out on on Jamie’s side this morning!

A Few Handsome Guys

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It has been an uber busy day in the chimp house today with cleaning, general tasks, staff meetings, and more! The day has flown by, so for this blog I went through my phone for a few ‘photos from the vault‘ and found some great ones of our handsome chimp gentlemen. They really are just the best guys around!

We’re off to serve dinner to the chimps now, so I hope you enjoy! 🙂

Terry, eating a snowball earlier this week:

Willy B, enjoying a quiet moment:

Gordo enjoying an avocado for dinner this past fall:

Cy, taking a moment to look through his magazine before diving into his coconut during a party this summer:

Burrito, finding out what we stuffed pineapples with during a party on Young’s Hill this summer:

Happy Tuesday!