taking care of the boss
December 22, 2012 by Diana -
As we’ve mentioned before, grooming is an important aspect of chimpanzee culture. Between lunch and dinner in the afternoon is probably the most popular time for grooming among the Cle Elum Seven.
Even though she’s the boss, Jamie is not always the center of grooming. Missy grooms Jamie fairly often (see some photos from about a year ago on this blog post).
But Burrito is a less frequent grooming partner to Jamie.
Today Burrito and Missy were both grooming Jamie at the same time as they all sat in front of one of the windows on the catwalk of the playroom.
Burrito kept looking at me while I was taking photos.
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I love grooming pics. Very nice ones. Thank you.
Burrito has such expressive eyes. 🙂
this is good progress for buritto!
Is this how chimps relax?
Yes, relaxing is certainly part of it!