Posts Tagged ‘project chimps’
Chimpanzee Menstrual Cycles
By Kayla Adgate Have you ever noticed that female chimpanzees seem to have a saggy bottom? That’s called a swelling and it’s an important part of their anatomy. Swelling, Health, and Fertility Although there is some conjecture regarding its exact function, scientists agree that chimp tumescence, or the process of swelling, and menstruation are physical…
Read MoreTraci Holliday Finds Community at Project Chimps
Traci Holliday climbs up the trail, explaining all its different features and who in the community at Project Chimps helped make them happen. no path through this wilderness.
Read MoreCandy Retter’s Love for Animals
If it’s at Project Chimps, there’s a good chance Candy Retter has contributed to it. The 69- year-old has been here at the sanctuary for some of its most incredible moments and helps make it the special place it is. But how did she get here?
Read MoreWinterizing a Villa
By Amber Camacho Winter is officially here and the staff have winterized the chimps’ villas to be ready for Old Man Winter to come knocking. It Takes a Villa I had the opportunity to be a small help with creating our new winterization material, as we test the chimp-durability of a high-grade marine plastic in…
Read MoreChimp Play as a Diplomatic Tool: Neal Teaches Kirk
Neal uses chimp play as a tool to derail conflict and calm situations. He inserts play into disagreements, which diffuses such high-tension moments. His playfulness importantly serves to distract chimps from their arguing.
Read MoreProject Chimps Transports Chimps in Need
Erika Fleury of NAPSA (North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance) sat down with us to talk about how Project Chimps helped NAPSA to transport some chimps in need of emergency relocation to their new homes. She also talked about how you can help other chimps still awaiting their lifelong homes.
Read MoreProject Harvest Fall Garden
With the crisp air and falling leaves, it’s clearly fall around here. Bundled up in our Project Chimps hoodies and clump-clumping along in our boots, we trek out to water the babies. I don’t mean the chimps but our well cared-for seedlings in Project Harvest (and sometimes the bees too) in the fall garden.
Read MoreHealth Update: Armond (November 2021)
With a case such as Armond’s, there is little we can do to reverse those decades he spent in a confined space. Despite having access to decent size enclosures at the New Iberia lab for the years leading up to his retirement to the Blue Ridge Mountains, and despite now having access to multi-story villa and multi-acre yard.
Read MoreGirl Scouts Advocate for Chimps
Meet the Girl Scouts of troop 15543. They took a tour of Project Chimps in August. They are doing their Silver Award project, the highest award a Cadette can earn, at Project Chimps. The scouts are also using what they learned on their tour to advocate for chimps. How are they doing that? Read on to find out!
Read MoreWildfire Prepardness
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire… and we have a plan for what to do in the case of one! Emergency preparedness can save human lives, structures, and of course, the chimpanzees at Project Chimps. Are you prepared in case of an emergency?
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