Letting loose

December 31, 2012 by Elizabeth -

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As we were finishing up cleaning the playroom this morning, we caught two unusual suspects — Annie and Negra — in a pretty wacky game.  For those of you just tuning in, Annie is the least dominant chimpanzee at CSNW.  She is gentle and shy, and when she arrived here in 2008 she didn’t have the confidence to play with anyone except for her best friend Missy.  And Negra is the oldest of the Cle Elum Seven, and prefers to spend the vast majority of her time under a blanket.  So it was pretty special to see these two ladies letting loose this morning.

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8 Comments

  1. Avatar Jody on December 31, 2012 at 11:56 am

    My daily dose of the seven………AWESOME! Happy New Year!



  2. Chris on December 31, 2012 at 12:18 pm

    Too cute…Too funny…Too adorable!! Loved this! Happy New Year to all of you…human and chimp at CSNW from the Frutiger Family!!



  3. Avatar lynn on December 31, 2012 at 8:08 pm

    Lotta head bonkin’ going on around there lately!!!



  4. Sara Lissabet on December 31, 2012 at 9:11 pm

    How I love hearing the laughter – from both chimp and humans. What a wonderful way to ring in my new year on the east coast. Happy New Year and may this be a year of more silliness and fun for all.



  5. Avatar Benjamin Pavsner on January 1, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    It’s like watching the Three Stooges, but waaayyyyy cuter.



  6. Avatar Humphrey on January 1, 2013 at 5:40 pm

    So I wasn’t the only one who thought of the 3 stooges! And I agree, they are a lot cuter 🙂



  7. Avatar marissa on January 3, 2013 at 9:08 pm

    nice to see Negra engage like this with Annie – both their temperments are probably gellen pretty good.



  8. Katy Chung on January 6, 2013 at 5:17 pm

    I turned 29 last week and I just can’t imagine that some of these chimps have been in captivity for that long. How can anyone think that they don’t have feelings or that they deserve to be inflicted with painful experimentation?

    This video is just too cute, they remind me of my 2 Irish terriers who also play and “laugh.”



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