buckets can be enrichment too!!!
buckets can be enrichment too!!!

buckets can be enrichment too!!!

Dearest Friends

Young chimp Santa of our nursery group is known to be extremely maternal but also to be very curious and inventive!

Santa
Santa

Santa loves buckets and when Papa Augustin feeds the little ones, he must hold the bucket firmly.

feeding time
feeding time

Santa always needs to have a look inside the bucket at the end to see if it is really empty ….

Santa checking if the bucket is empty
Santa checking if the bucket is empty

…and also to check whether Augustin still keeps the bucket strongly

Santa "is he looking at me? can I grab the bucket???"
Santa "is he looking at me? can I grab the bucket???"

so that she can run away with it!

Santa "Yes! Got it!!"
Santa "Yes! Got it!!"
Santa:  " run, Santa! Run with the bucket!!!"
Santa: " run, Santa! Run with the bucket!!!"

Now, Santa has got the bucket and sits inside to be sure no other friend will take it from her…

Santa : " this is my place! "
Santa : " this is my place! "

This keeps us laughing all of the time and even the other chimps look very surprised and impressed.

Ekolo (right) coming close to Santa
Ekolo (right) coming close to Santa

But then, when time comes to clear up everything, Papa Augustin struggles very hard to get the bucket back because Santa won’t share her lucky find!!

Santa not wanting to leave her bucket
Santa not wanting to leave her bucket

Thank you Santa for these precious moments!!

Roxane/J.A.C.K.

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