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After watching Anthony and Flower have fun on the playground bark pile, Raven decides to try it out. All bark used for the […]
After watching Anthony and Flower have fun on the playground bark pile, Raven decides to try it out. All bark used for the […]
Ndume might eat gathered browse right where he finds it, or walk to his favorite sunny spot to enjoy the food.
This near empty, plastic peanut butter jar makes great enrichment. The Gorilas will work hard getting to the small amount of nut butter. […]
When it comes to a special treat, like a peanut butter jar, we place one for each Gorilla, putting it where both Koko […]
Caregiver DeeAnn Draper purchased this rubber ball so we can use it for enrichment. After filling it with food, we can place it […]
In Koko’s left hand is a stick she prepared from a tree branch. Her fingers will not reach to the bottom of the […]
While foraging, Both Ndume and Koko will look inside the playhouse for food. This is one of the many places caregivers hide food […]
After eating the browse from this bag, Koko turns it into one of her favorite accessories, a hat.
Koko turns her plastic bag-hat into a necklace. In her room, Koko will put on hats, scarves, or glasses then admire herself in […]
This Dinosaur, placed in the Gorilla habitat, has a string attached to it.This enabled a caregiver to control its movements from a distance.
Ndume sees the air filled Dinosaur for the first time and is cautious of it.
After Penny pulls on the string attached to the dinosaur, Ndume is very cautious of it”s movements.
The string attached to the Dinosaur breaks, Ndume is now ready to take a closer look.
After the Dinosaur falls over, Ndume appears to be checking it out to see why it is not moving.
Ndume walks away, now it’s time for Koko to have a look at the Dinosaur.
After taking a closer look, Koko gives the harmless Dinosaur a kiss.
By bringing the Dinosaur to her ledge, Koko can now make a closer inspection of it.
Penny is not the only one receiving kisses from Koko.
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