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Wrestle Mania!

June 9, 2024 by Krissy Brasfield

Jamie’s group was SO happy this morning! We had 3 different groups of wrestlers in 3 different front rooms! Today, enjoy Negra and Burrito mixing it up in front room 1.

And, don’t forget! The Sweet 16 Online Auction goes live tomorrow, June 10th, and ends the 16th. Check out Spring Rayne by our very own Caregiver Ellen. Although, I might fight you for it!

Life of the Party (and every day!)

June 7, 2024 by Ellen Brady-McGaughey

Burrito is, quite simply, a light in the lives of all who know him. That might sound a bit dramatic, but it is the honest truth! He is hilarious and makes me smile and laugh every day I see him, and brings so much joy to his friends both chimp and human. In today’s video, you can see exactly why.

Here are some bonus photos from the day!

Burrito taking a rest while he waits for his caregivers to be done cleaning.

Negra looking at the Bray from her spot in the raceway.

Negra has such beautiful eyes, and was kind enough to let me capture a close up photo of her!

Jamie eating a strawberry from today’s lunch forage.

Up, Down, All Around

May 31, 2024 by Ellen Brady-McGaughey

A lot of the joys of working with chimpanzees are found in the little moments. Very often, these moments come when we are least expecting them (for example, going back to the chimp spaces to grab more laundry to be washed when suddenly Willy B wants to play, or doing checks to enter a space to clean and being invited to groom with Missy). Sometimes this slows our work down, but then again, it IS our work! How lucky are we?!

Today’s video shows an extra special few minutes I got to spend with Rayne last week, which came as a complete surprise to me! I had been finishing up some early morning tasks, preparing to meet with the team to determine our plan for the day and then serve breakfast, when there was Rayne! You’ll have to watch the video to see why this interaction was so special.

Here are some bonus photos from the day!

Close up of the ever so handsome Burrito

Upside down, goofy Burrito (part of my inspiration for the title of today’s blog!)

Another close-up of Bubs, feeling silly

Honey B

A close up of Beans!

Class Clowns

May 29, 2024 by Kelsi

I think it’s fairly well known that Burrito is the jokester among his group. He is constantly making people laugh with his silly antics. He is so funny he can get anyone to usually join in, even Jamie for a little bit! However, if no one is in the mood to play, no biggie- Burrito always has a good time entertaining himself! I think the same could be said for Honey B. Honey B is so funny and always playing pranks on her caregivers, but when she is in the mood to play she is the goofiest of her group member’s.

Bonus Neggie 🙂

A Hill of Beans

May 20, 2024 by J.B.

And just like that, Honey B (aka Beans, to some of us) became an outdoor chimp. This particular clip actually took place over a week ago and she has been out on her hill several times since! For now she is staying close to home (as is Mave) but I bet they’ll be exploring more soon. Your turn, Dora!

Here are a few photos of today’s lunch forage on the Bray.

Rayne:

Cy:

Cy discovering a whole apple:

Pant-hooting with delight!

Terry:

Cy finding an orange on the second tower:

Cy and Terry:

Terry:

Lucky:

Lucky, Rayne, and Cy:

Mr. Caterpillar

May 16, 2024 by Kelsi

Over the past few days, I have been gathering photos and thinking about a theme for today’s blog. At first, it was going to be about Rayne holding her new broccoli enrichment toy. However, this morning, Dora allowed me to take some amazing portraits of her. So then I ran with the idea of writing about the “Small, but Mighty Dora”. But then… Burrito started playing with Mr. Caterpillar! After that, Lucky and Willy let me take some awesome portraits too. So today I thought, why not have it all, a little bit of this and a little bit of that. I hope you enjoy the video of Burrito playing as he is always making our day brighter. And of course, all the bonus photos!

Mr. Burrito Caterpillar: