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Kareem

Kareem July 2021

Kareem is one of our more well-known chimps because of his size and his gentle personality. Kareem is a great alpha that only uses his size to remind his group mates that he is in charge. He loves to play with all his groupmates but mostly plays with the younger girls of the group. He also loves to play with his caregivers. 

Kareem has been extra busy with gaining two new members to the group! He has been a great mediator for Kennedy and Danner with the other Harmony chimps. Kareem has always loved playing and has really enjoyed getting to play with Kennedy and Danner, although we have noticed that he seemed to get a little jealous when the other males get more attention from the 2 new boys than he does. 

Kareem’s signature “play with me” move is a stomp of the foot and then pounding the floor with both fists. If you’re his caregiver and you receive this play signal, you better tighten your shoelaces, because he’s going to want to play chase around the villa and he does not get tired! 

Kareem is also featured in his very own children’s book, Hope for Kareem.

About the book: Kareem was a happy baby chimp, playing with his friends at the Universal Primate Lab. But one day, he’s taken to a place where he’s put through medical experiments that hurt him. With the help of his friend Hope, a caterpillar, Kareem finds the strength to survive this terrible ordeal and find a safe home at Project Chimps. Order online today or visit our gift shop to purchase in person on site!

Learn more about the book in this video interview with the authors HERE.

Buy the book from Green Kid’s Club HERE.

 

Chimp Chatter Featuring Kareem

Positive Reinforcement Training – PRT with an EKG

December 10, 2020

If you know anything about chimps, you know you can’t make a chimp do anything it doesn’t want to do! If you need to, for example, listen to Kareem’s heartbeat with a stethoscope, that is absolutely not happening unless Kareem wants you to. This is where Positive Reinforcement Training, or PRT, comes into play.

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The Work/Play Balance of a Chimp Monarch

June 15, 2020

It’s no secret that Kareem is a talented leader of his group of 14 chimpanzees, any of his caregivers can testify to that.

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Moving Day: A New Chateau for Research Chimps

October 9, 2019

We recently finished the construction of The Chateau and invited the chimps to move in. We all held our breath to see what they would think of their new digs…

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Chimps Living in Harmony

August 30, 2019

Project Chimps’ facilities team, care staff, and dedicated volunteers have been working tirelessly to make the south yard of the outdoor habitat a fun and enriching place for the former research chimpanzees in our care. Their hard work was worth it – the chimps are thriving outdoors. And they’re having a blast!

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One Chimp’s Journey to Sanctuary – part three

December 30, 2018

Remarkably, because of the special soul that he is, Kareem was somehow able to survive, despite the horrible conditions and unforgivable neglect to which he was subjected at Coulston Foundation. But his journey in research was not over.

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Kareem FACTS

Male

Date of Birth

12/30/1988

Arrival Date

11/07/2018

Fun Facts

  • Kareem is the largest chimpanzee at Project Chimps, weighing 180 pounds!

Favorite Things

Kareem enjoys just about everything but he really loved grape juice!

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