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Breakfast forage

March 27, 2015 by J.B. -

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It was a nice morning for a breakfast forage on Young’s Hill.

Burrito’s first priority in a forage is always chow. He fills his mouth and both hands, and occasionally his feet too, before moving on to other foods like lettuce and smoothie.

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Jody was lucky to find one of the two banana flowers that volunteer Stephanie brought this morning. She carried it with her as she foraged so that she could save the best for last.

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Missy always finds the food that we throw up high into the climbing structures. That’s where she found the other banana flower.

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Foxie is a smoothie fanatic.

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Annie took a few moments to rest on Little Mount St. Helens while she scanned the area for more chow.

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Jamie found the cups of smoothie that we hid at the very top of the hill.

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She was also quite focused on gathering strawberries.

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At first, Negra declined to go outside for the forage, so we gave her a snack in the greenhouse. But we were happy to see her make a brief appearance outside later in the morning.

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7 Comments

  1. Avatar Dalyce Kowalski on March 27, 2015 at 3:21 pm

    Love how you make every day interesting for them, I’m sure it’s a challenge. They look like they appreciate it! ????



  2. Avatar Jackie on March 27, 2015 at 4:53 pm

    You do a great job making life interesting for the chimps!



  3. Avatar Lorraine on March 27, 2015 at 5:37 pm

    Great job staff….



  4. Avatar nicki on March 27, 2015 at 6:43 pm

    <3



  5. Avatar Arlene on March 27, 2015 at 8:01 pm

    Thank you for all you do for the chimps to make their lives better and thanks for sharing the wonderful pictures and descriptions:) I look forward to finding out what is happening there each day and I wish I could be there to see it in person sometime!



  6. Avatar Kathleen on March 27, 2015 at 8:34 pm

    I love the way each chimp has their “favorite” forage food and locations to find it. A big WOW to volunteer Stephanie for those banana flowers (they are a beautiful color!!!). What a fabulous gift. And I couldn’t be happier to see my Neggie sneaking outside to stretch her legs.



  7. Avatar Lucinda on March 28, 2015 at 8:51 am

    You all provide the most awesome enrichment for all of them. My continued respect and gratitude to you all!!



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