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Burrito Photo Contest!

January 3, 2024 by Kelsi -

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Can you believe Burrito is about to turn 41 years young on January 6th? Sometimes I forget because it feels like his energy is never-ending. Every day we are so grateful for Burrito’s presence. He brings such a light to our lives with his easy-going, fun-loving personality. Life with Burrito is always full of laughter and joy. In celebration of Burrito’s 41st birthday we will be having a photo contest to have you all pick your favorite photo of Burrito, we will then be selling the photo with the most votes. I know we all want a photo of Burrito in our homes! We will post the contest every day on the blog, so you can vote once per day and you are welcome to vote for more than one photo! The contest ends on January 8th at 6:00 p.m. PT.

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Bonus!

Not everything got delivered in time for Chimpmas. Jamie got to open her new boots today and was soooo happy! I mean look at them, who wouldn’t be:

She built a giant nest for her and her boots to nap in and seemed very content the rest of the day:

Burrito spying on the neighbors at lunch:

There were a few extra photos of Rayne and Cy from Saturday:

Don’t forget to vote!

38 Comments

  1. Avatar Linda C on January 3, 2024 at 4:57 pm

    Awww!
    fun contest!

    Though personally, next to Diana’s cover photo, my fav has always been Chad’s “hey, girl” photo where he’s sitting on the yellow plastic chair outside, staring at Chad, whom he really wants to go play with, but lunch is more important!
    I also like seeing him check himself out in the mirror, and playing with Annie not so long ago, and he’s laughing as she bites his shoulder

    Can’t wait to see who wins!



  2. Avatar Marie on January 3, 2024 at 5:08 pm

    Personally…I like the picture where he’s eating the lettuce head at the top of the page:rofl: every bit his character that doesn’t show through on the other pictures



    • Avatar Marie on January 3, 2024 at 5:20 pm

      Good Lord…… now that I’m looking at the pictures….. he’s lost a lot of body mass over the years….Aging is a B… FEED HIM:apple::apple::corn::strawberry::watermelon::grapes::tomato::avocado::cucumber:



      • Avatar Linda C on January 3, 2024 at 5:29 pm

        in the earlier photis, he’s pilo, so he looks bigger thanwhen he’s calm. But they give him and Foxie extra chow, because they’re both on the small side



        • Avatar Kathleen on January 3, 2024 at 6:06 pm

          Or is it “before the loss of testosterone”?! Did his surgery slim him down.



          • Avatar Linda C on January 3, 2024 at 6:15 pm

            Hmmm, surgery and 2 snakebites…JB and Diana will say, but I do know they said he was on the liwer wnd if the weight scale.



          • Avatar Marie on January 3, 2024 at 7:24 pm

            :weary:



          • Avatar Diana on January 4, 2024 at 10:32 am

            You are very correct. The change in his testosterone levels changed his body composition some, as you would expect. He’s also less frequently pilo. He’s at a good weight for his size, which is certainly on the smaller size for a male chimpanzee, and he gets bigger portions at all meals, as do all of the guys at the sanctuary!



      • Avatar Kathleen on January 5, 2024 at 7:37 am

        Thanks Diana! Amazing what testosterone (or lack there of) can do to a fellow. I see with dogs too. ?



  3. Avatar Gabby on January 3, 2024 at 5:27 pm

    I agree with Marie, choice and reasoning. The lettuce photo at the head of the blog.



  4. Avatar Marya on January 3, 2024 at 5:31 pm

    While I agree about the lettuce pic and JB’s, I have to vote for Diana’s pic that made the cover of the wonderful book about the chimps. To me it’s Burrito looking his most “fetching” as well as his most “don’t I look innocent, what will I get into next?” pose. And those tufts of hair on his left shoulder are charming. He makes me chuckle no matter what he’s doing!!



  5. Avatar Paulette on January 3, 2024 at 5:44 pm

    I’m LOST! Where are the photos we are supposed to be voting on?



    • Avatar Marie on January 3, 2024 at 5:53 pm

      The first six pictures….. underneath the last one it says vote



      • Avatar Paulette on January 3, 2024 at 6:32 pm

        Sorry I must be dim. Where are the pictures?



        • Avatar Marie on January 3, 2024 at 7:33 pm

          :rofl:The 6 pictures above that have a white box to check in upper left corner of the picture



        • Avatar Paulette on January 4, 2024 at 1:59 am

          Well on this blog I see a couple of pictures of burrito And Jamie and Rayne etc. I don’t see six photos of burrito to choose from to vote. Is it a different page than this?



          • Avatar Diana on January 4, 2024 at 10:34 am

            Hi Paulette. Maybe they aren’t showing up for you for some reason. Try going to this link to vote: https://www.opinionstage.com/page/92d5ef87-e94e-461c-9e47-94736967af6f



          • Avatar Paulette on January 4, 2024 at 3:00 pm

            Finally! Thank you Diana! I thought I was losing my mind



          • Avatar Diana on January 4, 2024 at 3:37 pm

            I’m glad I could help, Paulette. Technology is such a pain sometimes!



  6. Avatar Marie on January 3, 2024 at 5:46 pm

    Thats Youth:grin::grin:



  7. Avatar Kathleen on January 3, 2024 at 5:52 pm

    Fact : There are no bad photos of Burrito.

    Fun idea! All of the choices are excellent and show his sweet charisma! And please don’t groan but like Marie, that photo at the top of Burrito clowning with his half head of iceberg lettuce is my all time favorite. I keep it in your cardboard frame placed strategically in my studio right where it’s my primary focus. (It sits next to my small square canvas wrap reproduction painting of Negra looking up at the sun.)

    Is it okay to vote for ALL of them?! 🙂



    • Avatar Marie on January 3, 2024 at 5:57 pm

      We’re all in agreement …..add the iceberg lettuce picture!…or Kathleen might find hers missing:grin:



      • Avatar Kathleen on January 3, 2024 at 6:08 pm

        😀



        • Avatar Diana on January 4, 2024 at 10:38 am

          Fair points all around. The lettuce photo has been added to the contest!



  8. Avatar Kathleen on January 3, 2024 at 6:02 pm

    Jamie and her new Doc Martens! She looks like she’s doing yoga in her nest. Happy legs in the air with boot tucked securely in her pelvic pocket.

    Dear Rayne and Cy, sooooo cozy. Life is good.



  9. Avatar Nancy Duryea on January 3, 2024 at 6:33 pm

    I’m having a hard time deciding on just one photo, I will have to make up my mind soon.
    Wow, I’ve been transfixed by the white Doc Martens, if Jamie tires of them send them to me, you’re never to old for a pair :rofl:. My daughter used to love them and had many of them. Ok, back to deciding a favorite photo.



  10. Avatar CeeCee on January 3, 2024 at 6:40 pm

    Fun contest !
    So hard to choose. Is there a bad photo of Burrito ?:revolving_hearts:



  11. Avatar Paulette on January 3, 2024 at 6:45 pm

    I see no link in this blog whatsoever to a page of pictures. Where is the link?



    • Avatar Linda C on January 3, 2024 at 6:57 pm

      Not a separate page, Paulette. Just click on the ones you want to vote for (we know there will be more than one, right?:wink:)



      • Avatar Paulette on January 4, 2024 at 2:03 am

        Well I’m not seeing them



        • Avatar Linda C on January 4, 2024 at 2:33 am

          At the bottom of the blog en tre, there should be a box that says “vote for photos of Burrito” that h a spics. zif you don’t see that nox, try refreshing your page. I’m on my phone and can see it



  12. Avatar Nancy Duryea on January 3, 2024 at 7:04 pm

    upon further observation I guess the boots aren’t Doc Martens, very cute anyway. Finally made my decision, it’s Hey Girl.



    • Avatar Linda C on January 3, 2024 at 7:30 pm

      I remember someone saying Doc’s in the blog, it’s nitjust you



    • Avatar Kathleen on January 4, 2024 at 10:17 am

      They are most certainly Docs, nothing but the best for Jamie. My guess is they may even be the Vegan Docs. Only Doc Martens have the yellow AirWair pull tabs and yellow stitching. Plus, the box has the Doc Martin logo in the corner. Jamie rocks every style, doesn’t she?! Cowboy, stable boots, work boots, thigh high fashion boots, and Docs. She’s into all of it! I love this about her.



  13. Avatar Tobin on January 3, 2024 at 8:02 pm

    Bubba simply doesn’t take a bad photograph (or video). I love photos of him in Young’s Hill, whether climbing a structure or scoring an armfull of watermelon.

    My two favorites: A photo on Google images of him walking on a log, looking at the camera. I used that on the cover of New Year’s cards which I recently sent to friends. Also, I love the picture from 7.10.2015 of Burrito walking immediately to Farmer Jody’s right as she hauls in a mouthful of bamboo leaves.

    If only I had inherited some of my Cousin Burrito’s good looks from our grandfather…



  14. Eli on January 3, 2024 at 8:19 pm

    I voted for “Hey Girl,” but Bubba is so handsome, it’s impossible to take a bad photograph of that guy! My all time favorite is probably the one where he’s upside-down getting tickles from a caregiver.
    Of course, it’s always wonderful to see Jamie enjoying a new pair of boots. I assume later she’ll have somebody put it on and go on patrol with her.



  15. Avatar Susan Kathleen Feeley on January 3, 2024 at 8:30 pm

    I was spoilt for choice as Burrrito is gorgeous in all his photos! Have to say I voted on Diana’s cover shot of this handsome boy. I can’t wait to see which pic gets the most votes. Mind you Jamie looked pretty cool with the white doc martins. I can see further best photo contests ahead this year.



  16. Avatar Karen on January 3, 2024 at 9:19 pm

    I agree , the lettuce head is a favorite.
    But my favorite favorite is the one from the greenhouse where he is upside down up against the caging.



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