*Chester Zoo chimpanzees use sticks as tools to retrieve treats from logs and walls. *
The staff at Chester Zoo threw a bunch of sticks onto the Chimpanzee Island for the chimpanzees to use as tools. There are several places with holes in the walls, both inside and outside, and holes in logs where they use sticks to retrieve treats. Alice and her daughter Annie both grabbed a stick to go inside. Alice's swelling is at an all-time high. When you look at the previous videos, it was quite big then, and people thought it wasn't normal. For her, it seems normal and never seems to bother her, and the males love her for it. That’s Chimpanzee behaviour for you—resilient and adaptive.
Eric has his stick as well. Zee Zee is using hers in the logs with her little boy Jeff by her side, demonstrating a valuable interaction between mother and child. Stevie, her daughter, joins in. She sticks the stick in the log and waits.
It has been a long-standing tradition at the zoo to name baby chimpanzees after famous rock and pop stars, helping to raise much-needed awareness for this charismatic species. Previous names have included Dylan (Bob), Alice (Cooper), and Annie (Lennox), an educational practice that connects animals with popular culture to increase visibility for conservation.
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