Comments on: Jamie, Foxie and Jody Play http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2009/11/jamie-foxie-and-jody-play/ Find out about the lives of seven chimpanzees rescued from biomedical research. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:43:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gayle http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2009/11/jamie-foxie-and-jody-play/comment-page-1/#comment-51946 Gayle Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:07:46 +0000 http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/?p=2993#comment-51946 After all they've been through it's heart warming to see them enjoy themselves. Thanks so much for sharing this with us!! After all they’ve been through it’s heart warming to see them enjoy themselves. Thanks so much for sharing this with us!!

]]> By: Jackie http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2009/11/jamie-foxie-and-jody-play/comment-page-1/#comment-51940 Jackie Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:23:20 +0000 http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/?p=2993#comment-51940 Jody definitely competes for Negra as our most serious chimp. However, I guess I think of Negra as a mother-figure of the group, rather than just serious. She's more serene than serious, I think. Hard to say which is more serious... And you can definitely tell Foxie toned down her playing when she was playing with Jody. It seemed she was very unsure as to Jody's intentions.... :) As for playfaces-- sometimes chimps display a playface during play, sometimes they don't. And for Jody, it's fairly rare to see her with a playface. But you'll notice Foxie made sure to keep her playface on when she started playing with Jody- probably as a signal to keep it playful, instead of it turning into something else. Smart cookie!! Jody definitely competes for Negra as our most serious chimp. However, I guess I think of Negra as a mother-figure of the group, rather than just serious. She’s more serene than serious, I think. Hard to say which is more serious… And you can definitely tell Foxie toned down her playing when she was playing with Jody. It seemed she was very unsure as to Jody’s intentions…. :)

As for playfaces– sometimes chimps display a playface during play, sometimes they don’t. And for Jody, it’s fairly rare to see her with a playface. But you’ll notice Foxie made sure to keep her playface on when she started playing with Jody- probably as a signal to keep it playful, instead of it turning into something else. Smart cookie!!

]]> By: Amy M http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2009/11/jamie-foxie-and-jody-play/comment-page-1/#comment-51927 Amy M Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:05:24 +0000 http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/?p=2993#comment-51927 That's interesting -- Jody is even more serious than Negra?? That’s interesting — Jody is even more serious than Negra??

]]> By: Candy (Tyler, TX) http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2009/11/jamie-foxie-and-jody-play/comment-page-1/#comment-51917 Candy (Tyler, TX) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:13:06 +0000 http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/?p=2993#comment-51917 I noticed in Jody's scene she didn't display a 'play face', is that unusual? I noticed in Jody’s scene she didn’t display a ‘play face’, is that unusual?

]]> By: Anna http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2009/11/jamie-foxie-and-jody-play/comment-page-1/#comment-51913 Anna Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:08:33 +0000 http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/?p=2993#comment-51913 It's so interesting to watch the more playful chimps interact with the more serious chimps (Jody, Negra). It's obvious they're moderating their physicality in order to not scare or hurt others. The evidence of their compassion is pretty amazing. It’s so interesting to watch the more playful chimps interact with the more serious chimps (Jody, Negra). It’s obvious they’re moderating their physicality in order to not scare or hurt others.

The evidence of their compassion is pretty amazing.

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