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Observation
Notes
Friday, February 03, 2012 - Posted by Phillip Cronje (Chimp Observer) Hello folks the end of another week and were into February already…time certainly flies. The chimps are doing well and we have had a good few days of sunshine and blue skies with happy chimps.
Watching Sampa yesterday was a good laugh as she decided that rolling head over heels down the slope to the night room was fun while Charlie went one better by simply rolling anyway he could. The rest of the group were happy to walk down the hill in normal chimp fashion. Claude simply watched this lot and sat in the tree eating new leaf growth.
Mangos are becoming more and more available to us on our fruit runs and the chimps love these, the only problem is that they go very soft and squishy very quickly so we have to feed them out quickly…not that the chimps mind at all. Yellow peaches are also in season so we get a fair bit of them, the chimps tend to suck on the pips for a while and eventually crack them as well.
Tamu is working hard on his throwing skills these days and this morning he took a few pot shots at us standing near the fence, he throws overhand and is getting to be very accurate indeed….fortunately he hasn’t got much force behind his throw but we will keep and eye on him and his techniques. Tamu still believes he is the huge male in the enclosure and you can see him strut his stuff as he walks up and down even if some of the grass is taller than him. Charlene is also having a great time with her mangoes and has no bother in the fact that part of the mango ends up over her face and belly as she lays on her back eating. She then keeps the pip in her mouth until it is sucked completely white with nothing left on the pip.
The adult group are all good and it seems like the girls are happy again and not having any little spats. Mimi is proving to be a challenge in the mornings as she now knows that we give Jinga her tablet in a small section of PVM bar and tries her level best to get it from her. We now vary how and when we give the pill and this keeps Mimi thinking, Ginga knows though that we have something and plays along. Fortunately the boys haven’t figured it out yet and are normally to busy stuffing their faces with breakfast. (Phillip – Sanctuary Manager)
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 - Posted by Phillip Cronje (Chimp Observer) Good day friends far and near.. The sun is shining and the chimps are having a ball. Night rooms are clean and we are on coffee break.. Charles and his group are well with little Azzie giving us a hard time in the night room. If one of the chimps decide to stay out and don't want to come, she than sits and passes food to them through the hole in the wall. this in turn leads to most of the time Suzie only coming inside when its dark. You got to love there thinking. Jinga starts her new box of contraceptive pills today and we just need to watch Mimi as she likes to try steal the piece of PVM bar from Jinga which has the pill in it. Cozy was on good form yesterday and hurled a huge rock at the tour, luckily no one was hot and its all in a days.. Hoots and pants...... Marc-Assistant Sanctuary Manager
