Posts by Debbie
Everyone has a bad hair day
Chimps and humans are so similar in so many ways… including how we both can have bad hair days.
Read MoreTake Action Tuesday: Urban Tarzan
The new Spike TV show called Urban Tarzan is all about wild animals found in human environments. Though the series has a whole slew of wild animals, the premiere episode from a few weeks ago featured a young chimpanzee actor. The show is supposed to be a reality series, but everything is scripted and the…
Read MoreEaster egg hunt
(Be sure to check out the earlier post with pictures of the party set-up). Happy Easter! Today we had a big Easter egg hunt on the hill for the chimps. They seemed to really enjoy it. We kept the fun going and had another forage in the playroom, too! When you’re done looking at all…
Read MoreHoppy Easter!
I’m currently working on a video of the chimps’ Easter egg hunt from this morning! But for now, here’s some photos of the party set-up: Here’s the mother-load of enrichment in bags and tons of Easter eggs. The eggs all had different things in them—volunteers Keri and Becca filled them with either strawberries, blackberries, blueberries,…
Read MoreiPad project is underway
If you can’t tell by now, I’m pretty excited about the iPad we got from Orangutan Outreach! Thanks to Jody for the case and mount, and Shelly for the iTunes giftcard, I’ve been able to load up the iPad with tons of apps that I’m excited to see the chimps interact with. Yay! This morning,…
Read MoreNew iPad thanks to Apps for Apes! (and a plea for a chimp-proof case)
(UPDATE: Thank you Jody! We’ve got our case on the way! If you want to still support the fun iPad project—we could use some iTunes giftcards for cool apps! You can send an e-card to [email protected]) A few weeks ago, Orangutan Outreach reached out to us after seeing my blog post about wanting an iPad…
Read MoreContent Jody
I really love these pictures from the other day. Jody just looks so content with all the green grass on Young’s Hill.
Read MoreNegra hangin’ out at the cabin
If you saw the blog the a couple weeks ago, we got pretty excited because Negra finally went into her cabin! Yesterday Jackie captured a short video of Negra sitting in her cabin. After hanging out in there for a while, she walked around it, stopped to look at Jody through the clear lexan panel,…
Read MoreLearn More about Eyes on Apes
OK, so this isn’t a real Take Action Tuesday post, but check out that spiffy new banner! Speaking of new things, you really should go check out the Eyes on Apes website. It’s gotten a whole new makeover with an updated homepage (www.eyesonapes.org) and is chock-full of lots of great information on the Learn More…
Read MoreThe greatest staff meeting ever
Today at the end of our staff meeting, Jamie started stomping in the playroom loft. As we’ve figured out, this seems to mean “please put on one of my boots and chase me around the hill.” We thought it would be fun if we ALL played this game with her. As we all started walking…
Read MoreBurrito gets a massage
Over the weekend Jackie and Burrito had a pretty epic play session. The whole video was over 10 minutes long, so I did my best to find the highlights. It started out as a goofy tug-o-war game until Burrito put the scarf around his back and then it became a massage session. I think he…
Read MoreTake Action Tuesday: CR Fashion Book features young chimpanzee, Bently
CR Fashion Book has a new issue set to hit stands on Thursday with a big spread featuring Bently, an infant chimpanzee. Bently is owned by Mike Casey, who you might remember was put in front of county commissioners in Las Vegas because he lacked a permit to house his chimpanzees. He has a record…
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