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Latricia July 2021

Latricia is one of the highest-ranking female chimps in her current social group. Her caregivers describe her as a fair and protective leader who’s well respected and maintains good relationships with the other chimps in her group. She’s friendly, curious, intelligent, and focused, and tends to be one of the first chimps to give any needed reassurance to the group. 

Latricia is an easygoing chimp who loves nothing more than taking it easy in one of her carefully-built and elaborate nests. Her special method of nest building involves weaving blankets through toys, mesh, and whatever other items she might have on hand. 

Recently, she came up to one of the windows and played a game of “tap” with one of our caregiver aides. To play, she would tap on the window, the aide would tap on the window, she would tap back, and so on so forth 

Chimp Chatter Featuring Latricia

The Art of Nest Building

January 28, 2021

Just like humans decorating a bedroom, chimps create their own spaces too. Each chimp has a specific preference when creating their nests. Knowing this helps us understand unique qualities among chimps and their habits.

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Health Update: Latricia (Jan 2021)

January 22, 2021

In early November Trish’s swell became quite enlarged and as stated, that is not unusual; a very large swell can be natural depending on where the chimp is in her cycle. But Trish stopped eating some of her food, which was our first sign that she was not ok. Upon closer inspection, her swelling was not even, and we believed she had an abscess.

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#ChimpChat: Joel and Latricia

November 23, 2016

It’s our first #ChimpChat! Caregiver Joel has a strong connection with Latricia, the alpha female in our first group of chimps. Joel describes Latricia as beautiful, diligent, and resourceful. As the alpha, Latricia is “caring and supportive”. She’s always the one “reassuring other chimp family members after a disagreement or personal struggle”. As the alpha,…

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Latricia FACTS

Female

Date of Birth

07/01/2003

Arrival Date

09/08/2016

Fun Facts

  • Latricia was the first chimpanzee to climb a tree at Project Chimps! 
  • She’s also known by her nickname “Trish.” 

Favorite Things

Latricia thinks applesauce is the best!

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