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Hiding out

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Negra loves to cover herself in blankets, so as we were wrapping up cleaning today, in thinking of her I was inspired to build more forts in the playroom. We have several bullet-proof glass windows in the playroom but for ventilation purposes, we have left the caging over a few of them. Negra often builds her daytime nest in front of one of the window cages, so I decided to tie blankets up to the caging and let them drape off of the railing, making it a cabana-style fort. I think Negra was pretty pleased.

Though this isn’t a great shot, I love that it shows Negra peaking around the blanket to see what is going on outside of her fort

Burrito liked it a lot too. Here he is enjoying his peanuts in his fort

Tags: Burrito, chimp enrichment, chimpanzee, chimpanzee rescue, chimpanzee retirement, chimpanzee sanctuary, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum 7, Cle Elum Seven, csnw, enrichment, Negra, Sanctuary
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Spring!

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

We brought springtime inside this morning to celebrate the equinox in memory of our friend Katie Gieser. The chimps had a lovely forage with lots of lettuce (always a special treat!). Plus paper flowers and decorations galore! Here are a few highlights:

Missy (tho I wouldn’t have known it was her unless Jackie told me!) feasting away:

Mister B amidst the spiderweb of yellow ribbon:

Jamie with her collection from the forage:

And Jamie again, posing perfectly for the camera in her springtime nest (note the boot in her hip pocket):

Tags: Burrito, chimpanzee, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum 7, Jamie, Missy, nesting, Sanctuary
Posted in Burrito, enrichment, Food, Jamie, Missy, nesting, party, Sanctuary, Thanks | 1 Comment »

Groomin’ on a Sunday Afternoon

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Okay, it’s not really Sunday, but I couldn’t help myself with the title.

We’ve talked about how important grooming is within chimpanzee society before (see this blog post from 2010 and this one from last year and you might as well check out this one about conflict and reassurance).

My favorite grooming to watch between chimps is when it’s a lazy afternoon and everything is calm and quiet. One chimpanzee will approach another chimp who is lying down or just sitting and chilling and start casually grooming them. The chimps often do their lazy grooming on the top of the climbing structure in the greenhouse. Often there are multiple partners grooming separately and sometimes they’ll move to a new partner or create a group of three or more chimps all grooming each other.

Below are some pics of Foxie grooming Burrito.

Foxie separates the hair on Burrito’s back with her fingers:

Foxie using her prehensile lips to groom Burrito (see this video with some other prehensile lip action):

Foxie becoming distracted from her grooming by the troll doll in her hand:

Tags: Burrito, chimp, chimpanzee, csnw, Foxie, friendship, Grooming, northwest, photos, Sanctuary, social, society
Posted in Burrito, Chimpanzee Behavior, Foxie, Grooming | 5 Comments »

Snowy snack

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

We got a few inches of fresh snow overnight, and despite the grumbling from the humans at the sanctuary (we’re ready for spring!), the chimpanzees were happy for a frosty snack. Here are a few photos that Jackie snapped this morning.

Burrito:

Missy hauled a big container of snow all the way upstairs:

Tags: Burrito, chimp enrichment, chimpanzee, chimpanzee rescue, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum Seven, Missy, Sanctuary
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Piloerection

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

People who have seen Burrito in person often comment that he’s “fluffier” than the other chimpanzees at the sanctuary, and it is an accurate observation. The technical term for this fluffiness is piloerection. A chimpanzee is said to be pilo erect when his or her hair is standing on end due to anxiety or excitement. (Humans also experience piloerection when we get goosebumps, but it’s not as obvious since we have less hair.) When a chimpanzee is completely calm and relaxed, his hair lies flat against his body. Given that Burrito is rarely completely calm — he’s a pretty high-strung guy — it makes sense that he’s very often pilo erect.

I like the following photos because you can see how much of Burrito’s impressive size is body and how much is “fluff”.

Tags: Animal Welfare, Burrito, chimp sanctuary, chimpanzee, chimpanzee rescue, Cle Elum, Cle Elum 7, Cle Elum Seven, primate protection, Sanctuary
Posted in Burrito, Chimpanzee Behavior, Sanctuary | 13 Comments »

Lost in thought

Friday, February 10th, 2012

I’m pretty sure that 99% of Burrito’s thoughts revolve around food, but he saves 1% for quiet contemplation.

Tags: Burrito, chimpanzee, northewest, portrait, rescue, Sanctuary
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Burrito in the greenhouse

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

There’s still lots of snow on the ground here in Cle Elum, but the sun is shining today and it is beautiful. The greenhouse is the nicest it’s been in quite awhile, and the chimpanzees are doing some serious lounging out there. Here are a few photos of Burrito enjoying the sun after lunch today.

Tags: Burrito, chimpanzee rescue, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum 7, Cle Elum Seven, Sanctuary
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Kickin’ and Clickin’ Country-Western Dance

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Yesterday, Jackie and I put out a party with “Texas in a box” sent from Candy C. She also sent a DVD with line dancing for us to show the chimps. We thought Negra would like to see the dancing, so Jackie went to set up the TV so they could watch from the front rooms. We had come technical difficulties so instead decided to just do a video search on my iPad and show the videos to the chimps that way! Negra, Jamie, Foxie, and Burrito all showed interest. Jamie especially liked the boots the dancers were wearing. Thanks again Candy for sending us fun enrichment!

Tags: animal protection, animal rescue, animal rights, Animal Welfare, Burrito, chimp enrichment, chimpanzee, chimpanzee rescue, chimpanzee retirement, chimpanzee sanctuary, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum 7, Cle Elum Seven, csnw, enrichment, Foxie, Jamie, Negra, Sanctuary
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Meet the humans

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Around here we all rightfully view the chimpanzees as the stars of the show. But behind the scenes there are some amazing and wonderful humans who make every day go smoothly and safely. I’m so proud of our team and all they do for the chimps. You can see by the human faces in these pictures that we love our jobs! But you can also see how we safely interact with the chimpanzees without putting them (or ourselves) at risk. The chimpanzees can reach out and groom our elbows or wrists (as you’ll see with Seana all the way at the end) and they can put their bodies up against the fencing so we can tickle or groom them, but we never cross the barrier of the fence. Their space is their space, period.

Elizabeth and Foxie:

Jackie and Jody:

Diana and Foxie:

JB and Missy:

Me (Sarah) with Burrito:

Ooops… we apparently need more pictures of our newest staff member, Debbie:

And here are just a few of our dedicated volunteer caregivers!

Deb W and Burrito:

Steph P and Jamie:

Seana B and Jamie:

Find us all on Facebook so we can get to know you too!

Tags: Burrito, chimpanzee, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum 7, Foxie, Jamie, Jody, Missy, young's hill
Posted in Burrito, Caregivers, enrichment, Foxie, Grooming, Jamie, Jody, Missy, Sanctuary, Volunteers, Young's Hill | 19 Comments »

Slurp, slurp, slurp

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Yesterday Jackie and I set up a great enrichment project for the chimps. We filled buckets with some snow and added a little juice for flavor, and then we put the buckets outside the caging and gave the chimps straws to use as tools. Everyone had their own way of trying to get the most out of the buckets. Eventually all the snow completely melted and the buckets were dry, but we certainly found a way for this project to last longer than just juice in buckets.

Tags: animal protection, animal rescue, Animal Welfare, Annie, Burrito, chimp, chimp enrichment, chimpanzee, chimpanzee sanctuary, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum 7, Cle Elum Seven, csnw, enrichment, Foxie, Jamie, Jody, primate rescue, Sanctuary
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Welcome to Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest's blog! The sanctuary is currently home to seven chimpanzees released from biomedical research. This group, the Cle Elum Seven, arrived at the sanctuary on June 13, 2008. We post photos, stories, videos and more to this blog almost everyday, so visit often! Also, visit us on social networking sites (see links below).