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Spring snoozin’

May 11, 2016 by Katelyn -

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It’s a profoundly peaceful, beautiful and lazy spring day here at the sanctuary. Napping in the warm breeze, tickling of toes, napping, listening to the birds, foraging for wild stuff, napping, chasing huge Swallowtail butterflies (that would be me), the scent of blooming mountain lupine, watching the grass blowing, napping, the end.

One of our bluebird neighbors peeking out:

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Jody:

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Negra:

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Annie:

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A swallow neighbor:

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Foxie, luxuriating at the top of the hot greenhouse:

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12 Comments

  1. Amy M on May 11, 2016 at 4:22 pm

    Is that Jody’s wadge in front of her lol?



    • Avatar Katelyn on May 11, 2016 at 6:06 pm

      Hi Amy,

      That is an alfalfa cube! We put them out a few times a week for the chimps to forage for. But it will become a wadge. 😉



  2. Avatar Jackie on May 11, 2016 at 4:27 pm

    The beauty of the simple things in life!



  3. Avatar sherry rogers on May 11, 2016 at 4:28 pm

    Okay..now I am really sleepy.

    It looks as though Negra made a pillow for herself. Do the others ever do that? I notice Annie is using her arm/hand as a pillow. Would they use pillows in their nests or just “de-stuff” them?



    • Avatar Katelyn on May 11, 2016 at 6:05 pm

      Hi Sherry,

      The chimps who build really fluffy nests, like Negra, shape and weave the blankets in a kind of donut shape so the edges often make good “pillows.” But it’s personal preference in the moment. Yes, pillows would get torn apart, but it would also be very difficult for us to launder them. 🙂



  4. Avatar Sweethome Teacup on May 11, 2016 at 4:40 pm

    So sweet. I love that picture of Negra!



  5. Avatar Meg on May 11, 2016 at 4:52 pm

    Are the bats back yet?



    • Avatar Katelyn on May 11, 2016 at 5:59 pm

      Hi Meg, we discovered last year that we have two bat families and I just heard one of them for the first time a few days ago. Haven’t seen the other one, but should be any day – usually they are here by now. 🙂



  6. Avatar Dalyce on May 11, 2016 at 7:04 pm

    Now that’s perfect! ????



  7. Avatar Elaine Reininger on May 12, 2016 at 3:22 am

    That last picture…a close up of Foxie’s hand … shows fingernails. Do you caretakers have to give manicures??? Do the nails grow like ours do???



    • Avatar Katelyn on May 12, 2016 at 9:22 am

      Hi Elaine,
      Yes, the chimps have fingernails and hair as we do (opposed to claws and fur). They manage to keep them trimmed on their own by biting them/grooming, though some do keep longer nails than others. 🙂



  8. Avatar Francoise Vulpe on May 12, 2016 at 7:34 am

    Idyllic. Perhaps they are especially tired after a day on the Twister! Off to nap…



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