Posts by Diana
Greenhouse Napping
It’s hard to remember, but the space that we now call the greenhouse used to be the chimpanzees’ only outdoor area. Karen and Don Young visited in 2009, and we conceived the idea of encasing the caging in removable polycarbonate panels so that the chimpanzees could enjoy this space year round! The Youngs kicked off…
Read MoreDroopy lip vs heavy lip
My all time favorite chimpanzee facial expression is the “relaxed face with drooped lip.” Jody is famous for her drooped lip face. In fact, I discovered today that if you do a google image search for “drooped lip chimpanzee,” the first three images that come up are of Jody! But there’s another set of perhaps…
Read MoreGrooming is so cool
We’ve talked about the importance of grooming among chimpanzees before, and it’s pretty well known what an essential aspect of life grooming is for most primates. Below is a video of very good friends Burrito and Foxie grooming, with Missy (off-camera), occasionally also grooming Burrito. There’s a lot of cool things about grooming. In a…
Read MoreNegra Light and Bonus Play Video!
*Note – due to feedback on Facebook this post is basically a two-for-one. Photos AND video of Negra on the hill AND a bonus treat -a video of Jamie and Foxie playing. Just a fraction of the great things that happened at the sanctuary today. Please let me know which was your favorite part of…
Read MoreAdventures with Jamie
Jamie is never one to shy away from adventure. If you are one of Jamie’s Chimpanzee Pals, you received an email from Katelyn yesterday with an update on some of her summer antics. One notable antic is Jamie’s frequent decision during the summer to stay out on the hill post-dinner, past the time we usually…
Read MoreChimpanzees: Always Curious
It’s important to have priorities in life, and the chimpanzees at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest are good at deciding what is top priority (usually food) and what is a close ranking second, as you’ll see in the video below. Here’s what the back of the lower mount for the GoPro camera looks like. I caught this…
Read MorePortraits Added to Online Auction
I’ve just added a few more awesome items to the Summer Biddin’ Online Auction! I couldn’t let it go without having a portrait of each of the chimpanzees available for bidding on, could I? The photos are being printed on metal, which gives them a really neat luminescent quality that I know everyone will love.…
Read MoreAll About Foxie
Foxie, as you probably know, is quite the charmer. She is apparently also muse to several artists. Did you notice the Foxie theme in the Summer Biddin’ online auction? Take a look at the photo below that launched a thousand (ok, more like three) paintings: In addition to those three Foxie-inspired art pieces,…
Read MoreGettin’ the Party Started
Biddin‘ and Lovin’ has begun for our Summer Biddin’ online-only auction! There’s only four days for this quick and fun fundraiser that will provide money to care for the chimpanzees, so don’t delay! We have one Producer and a few Directors for our Summer Lovin’ Party – thank you! We’re currently searching for Executive Producers…
Read MoreChimpanzee Photography Experience & Online Auction Opening Soon
I mentioned the other day that some 2013 HOOT! auction bidders had cashed in their photography experience at the sanctuary that they won at the gala. Right now, we are gearing up for our Summer Biddin’ online auction. While we don’t have a photography session, we do have a really amazing and unique experience to…
Read MoreMissy Chimpanzee’s 39th Birthday
Today was Missy-centered. The theme was tomatoes, slinky toys, tomatoes, socks, tomatoes, cattails, tomatoes, socks, and kongs with peanuts in them – all favs of Missy. At our HOOT! gala in May, one of the more interesting items we auctioned off during the live auction was a photography session at the sanctuary with professional photographers…
Read MoreNegra, troll dolls, and overcoming anxiety
If you read J.B.’s blog post yesterday, you know that we’ve had quite an interesting development at the sanctuary. Negra, who normally ignores enrichment, has taken a shine to troll dolls, which up until now have been Foxie’s “thing.” An unrelated fact that you may have noticed if you’ve been with us for a while…
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