Posts by Sarah

Free living chimpanzees make nests high up in the trees using twigs, branches and leaves. Captive chimpanzees, even those who were born at labs, often make nests too. It’s a natural chimpanzee behavior. Negra and Jody both make massive nests out of piles and piles of blankets and sheets. They carefully arrange the blankets as I…

Tonight the chimps had a spaghetti dinner. Sitting on the floor, watching Burrito munch on his dinner, I couldn’t help but think of how little it takes to make our chimpanzee friends happy. Something as simple as dinner can make such a difference. Enjoy dinner with Mr. B tonight! -Sarah

Here’s a video of Jamie, Foxie, and Jody checking out a stuffed animal chimpanzee – and letting the toy know who’s in charge!  –Sarah

My, how time is flying here! It feels like we’ve been caring for the Cle Elum Seven for years! At the same time, we’re learning new things about them (and surely they’re learning new things about us) every day. Foxie and Jamie are almost always up for interacting with us, even if it’s just sitting…

Today I brought paper and some crayons out to the barn doors outside. I sat down and colored on a piece of paper and several chimps gathered around to watch. Jamie seemed the most excited, so I gave the first piece of paper and crayon to her. She was so excited! She immediately started coloring.…

Here’s Jamie cleaning and Negra with a blanket.

It seems like months since the chimpanzees arrived. Has it only been two and a half days? Here are a few things we’ve been privileged to learn from the chimps so far: 1. Jamie is a problem solver! She took a bucket of soapy water and a scrub brush (which we put in the cage…