As Chad mentioned in yesterday’s blog, Rayne has officially joined the introduction group, with Cy and George. Rayne is such a valuable member to her chimpanzee group so it’s an exciting time for George as I imagine he will learn a lot over the coming weeks! Cy is happy to have Rayne back, too.
Today, I caught some photos of the remaining chimps of Cy’s group who haven’t joined the intro group as of yet (Gordo, Terry, Lucky, and Dora). Gordo wanted to play a very fun game of chase with me for 20+ minutes and at times, he filled his mouth with water. Will he spit on me? Will he not? No one knows but him.
Eventually, he swallowed the water and eyed up the raisin board that us caregivers hung up in his enclosure this morning. Instead of using a chopstick (the provided tool), he used a nearby chopstick paper wrapper as his tool of choice.
Also, thank you so much to everyone who contributed yesterday on Giving Tuesday! We reached our goal a few hours ago and cannot thank you enough. We’re excited for 2026!
Photos from today…. I am especially proud of the Gordo photos as he never makes eye contact with the camera. Big win!
Dora:
Gordo clapping to play chase (he totttttalllllly doesn’t have a mouthful of water here):
Gordo working on a raisin board:
Gordo and his still totallllllly empty mouth:
Gorgeous Rayne:
Terry and Terry’s toothbrush:
