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Negra’s Favorite Thing

November 14, 2015 by Diana

One thing that’s quite clear about the Cle Elum Seven chimpanzees is that they are each unique individuals with different tastes, activity levels, and habits.

Though for most of their lives they didn’t have these things, it’s hard to fathom Foxie without her troll and Dora dolls, Jamie without her boots, and Negra without her blankets, which she puts over her head and shoulders – something she’s done from her first day in sanctuary.

Today I tried (fairly unsuccessfully) to get a photo of Negra as she lay on the heated catwalk with a Halloween blanket wrapped around her. Here’s the best photo I got:

Negra under boo blanket

 

As I was watching her, she got up suddenly. Curious about the suddenness of her motion, I followed her. She traveled down from the catwalk, across the playroom, and into the front rooms, then went out into the greenhouse.

Negra in motion

 

She was clearly on a mission, and was still moving quickly as she climbed up to the top of the platform in the greenhouse.

Negra climb structure

 

And this was the result of her mission:

Negra under blanket

 

Apparently she knew of another blanket with her name on it.

Because she seemed to be in a black and white mood today, here is a black and white photo of Negra after she got the blanket just how she wanted it:

Negra b&w under blanket

Long live Queen Negra. We hope she has many more years and many more blankets in her future.

 

Filed Under: Negra, Nesting, Sanctuary Tagged With: blanket, chimp, chimpanzee, Negra, Nesting, northest, rescue, Sanctuary, shelter

Everybody Nest Now

June 7, 2014 by Diana

I recorded several clips of happy nesting today. Like wadging, which was the subject of yesterday’s blog post, nesting is a fundamental behavior for chimpanzees both in the wild and in captivity, which is why we make sure that the chimps always have lots of materials (blankets and straw are favorites) so they can choose to create their beds no matter where they are. Watch the video below!

Filed Under: Annie, Jody, Missy, Nesting, Play, Sanctuary Tagged With: bed, behavior, blankets, chimp, chimpanzee, csnw, Enrichment, nest, Nesting, northest, Play, Sanctuary

Pile of Trolls Day

June 9, 2012 by Diana

Watch Foxie choose her daily trolls from a giant pile in the video below.

As the video mentions, you can send your troll dolls to Foxie at the sanctuary for her birthday and to be used in the Troll Olympics. In addition to troll and dora dolls, we are looking for bakers to bring vegan baked goods to sell at the bake sale that’s part of the Roslyn Doggie and Troll Olympics on July 22nd. Contact Diana: [email protected] if you want to bake or if you have any questions. More information about this fun event will be forthcoming!

 

Filed Under: Events, Foxie, Trolls Tagged With: chimp, chimpanzee, csnw, Enrichment, Foxie, northest, rescue, Sanctuary, troll dolls

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