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Fall in Love with Missy

February 13, 2017 by Diana

Watching the video below, there’s no question that Missy fills the sanctuary with energy. Just watch.

Thanks to all of the chimps’ fans for filling the heart with love with your Chimpanzee Pal sponsorships and Share the Chimp Love donations so far. Tomorrow is the big day!

filling heart

 

 

Filed Under: Fundraising, Missy, Sanctuary Tagged With: Animal Welfare, chimp, chimpanzee, northwest, personality, profile, Sanctuary, share the chimp love, valentine's

The Eyes Have It

January 21, 2017 by Diana

I took some photos of Burrito this morning that caused me to admire his face and think about the chimpanzee facial features that I love.

burrito sitting

The top of my personal “awesome chimpanzee facial features” list is the brow ridge (also known as supraorbital torus, ridge, or arch).

Though much less pronounced in chimpanzees, humans have a supraorbital ridge too – our eyebrows normally sit near the bottom of our arches.

Each chimpanzee has a somewhat unique brow ridge – I wonder if you could identify a chimpanzee by a brow ridge “print” like a fingerprint.

I will never say that I have a favorite chimpanzee, but I will admit that I have a favorite brow ridge: Jody’s. I like how deeply arched it is with lots of wrinkles, giving it a decidedly heart-shaped appearance:

Jody eyes

 

Here’s a look at everyone else’s supraorbital tori:

 

Missy:

Missy

 

Negra:

Negra close-up

 

Foxie:

Foxie looking down

 

Jamie (that’s also her profile in the 2nd photo in this post):

 

Annie:

Annie close-up

 

Burrito:

Burrito upside down

 

Filed Under: Sanctuary Tagged With: arch, brow ridge, chimp, chimpanzee, close up, csnw, photo, profile, rescue, Sanctuary, shelter, supraorbital, torus

Pick your favorite November unseen photo

November 28, 2015 by Diana

Going through the photos from this month, I found some gems that hadn’t been posted of each of the chimpanzees. There seems to be a yellow theme going on. Do you have a favorite?

 

ANNIE:

Annie on yellow blanket

 

BURRITO:

Burrito pilo

 

BONUS BURRITO:

Burrito sitting on post

 

FOXIE:

Foxie in the rain

 

JAMIE:

Jamie sitting on chair

 

JODY:

Jody nesting

 

MISSY:

Missy in profile

 

NEGRA:

Negra side glance

 

BONUS – ANNIE & MISSY running together:

Missy Annie running behind

Filed Under: Annie, Burrito, Foxie, Jamie, Jody, Missy, Negra, Sanctuary Tagged With: chimp, chimpanzee, Cle Elum, csnw, northwest, photos, profile, rescue, Sanctuary, shelter

Negra

July 20, 2010 by J.B.

It’s never too hot for Negra to wear a blanket.

Diana took this nice profile shot of Negra this morning.

Filed Under: Negra Tagged With: blanket, chimp, chimpanzee, Negra, northwest, profile, rescue, Sanctuary

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