Posts by Anthony
Can’t Help Falling In Love (With Fall)
For those of you who aren’t acquainted with this slang term, a “basic” person has uninteresting interests. To be fair, being labeled as basic isn’t necessarily bad. Basic things are, by definition, quite popular. In a way, basic people are anti-hipsters. Rather than having eclectic or unique tastes, they enjoy activities that are universally-liked by…
Read MoreSoup of the (Birth)Day
Today, we celebrated Missy’s 46th birthday with a tomato-themed bash. Paulette Wrisley made us smile by generously sponsoring this day of sanctuary in Missy’s honor. To make today even more special, our good friend Monica Best also sponsored this day of sanctuary for the same reason! Thank you for thinking of Missy, Paulette and Monica!…
Read MoreThe Rayne Attraction
Last week, I introduced you all to… uh… well… introductions. You can read that blog post here if you need to catch up. Since then, we’ve posted the following updates related to social integrations: Chad’s Today’s Forecast: Rayne, Kelsi’s Exhilarating Day, J.B.’s Ups and Downs, Diana’s Play During Intros, and Sam’s The Introductions Continue! Well,…
Read MoreAn Introduction to Introductions
We’re happy to announce that our team has begun the process of integrating the six newest arrivals with the three individuals in who arrived in 2019. This development means that, if all goes according to plan, we’ll be forging a new social group consisting of nine chimps: Cy, Dora, Gordo, Honey B, Lucky, Mave, Rayne, Terry…
Read MoreHazed and Confused: Coping With Nearby Wildfires
When the wind picked up the fire spread And the grapevines seemed left for dead And the northern sky looked like the end of days The end of days… – “Grapevine Fires” by Death Cab for Cutie Once again, Earth’s inhabitants are suffering through yet another record-breaking wildfire season. Forests are ablaze from Turkey to…
Read MoreBlock You Like a Hurricane
This morning, supporter Kathy Benson swung by to drop off some new enrichment items for the chimpanzees. Kathy has been giving to the sanctuary since 2008 and avidly follows the daily blog. Over the years, she’s donated enrichment items which were so cool that they made it onto the daily blog. Kathy’s always friendly to…
Read MoreHere’s Luckin’ At You, Kid.
The “Lucky Six” chimpanzees just arrived a few weeks ago, but they already feel like part of the sanctuary’s family. Within this charismatic group, Lucky stands out for being vigilant, independent, and strong-willed. Although she is a female chimpanzee, Lucky shares many physical traits with her brother, Cy: a dark face, intense stare, and bulky…
Read MorePopular Cy-ience
Today’s blog is all about magazines. This may seem like an odd topic, but please bear with me. There’s a cute chimp video at the end. I promise. As one would expect, a quick dive into the various Wikipedia pages for the term “magazine” is quite enlightening. The modern English version of the word derives…
Read MoreComin’ in HOT
Hey everyone! It’s been a long week so far. For one thing, the scorching heat is r e l e n t l e s s . Today brought record-setting temperatures to Oregon and Washington. Tomorrow will have more of the same. For comparison, it’s hotter than Guy Fieri’s wardrobe over here. For actual quantitative…
Read MoreTwo Blogs
First of all, HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all of you dads out there. In case you missed it, two of our supporters sponsored this day of sanctuary in honor of their own fathers. Thank you for this generous and thoughtful gift, Sharon and Marya! Just as we had dual sponsors for this warm summer day,…
Read MoreA Royal Brunch
In addition to today’s video, I am going to share the following message from CSNW Co-Director Diana (with a few current photos sprinkled in): Wow!!! The Queen’s Brunch brought out so many generous people – thank you all so much! Negra and her friends are definitely feeling the love right now. The bidding is going…
Read MoreSunday Leftovers
Today, I decided to share some “leftover” photographs of Mave’s birthday celebration that didn’t make it into earlier posts! On Thursday, we threw a bash to commemorate Mave’s 32nd trip around the sun. The party- planned to perfection by Chad, the sanctuary’s Enrichment Coordinator- featured whole coconuts, giant banana leaves, pineapple bowls, and massive heads…
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