Tacugama

Category: Chimpanzee, Gaura, Tacugama | Date: Sep 04 2008 | By: tacugama

Congo, our lady from the wild, has a new brand baby. A tiny furry chimp with pinkish hands and feet holding tight on Congo’s belly….that’s all that we manage to get a glimpse of. What a wonderful surprise! Congo is impossible to get pictures of… she runs away at the sight of a camera, or at anything that points at her. …now she is even more distrustful and unfortunately this picture is the only one we can show you for now….can you see the tiny foot on the left side of Congo? We are keeping our cameras ready for the next opportunity.

Congo carrying her new baby and with her 4 year-old daughter behind
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Philip has run into trouble! In the adult group, he is the alpha male. But Ole is fighting his way through the leadership ranks. Until now there had been no major incidents, a bite here a bruise there. But not anymore, things are turning serious and this time Philip got a deep bite on his eyebrow and on his foot. Dr. Rosa had to knock him down and stitch the flap of skin and muscle hanging over his eye! Thankfully, Philip is a good patient and allows us to clean his wounds every day and takes medicines happily! He is now on his own for treatment, we will let you know further developments when he returns to the group.

Philip - sedated and awaiting treatment
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Willie and Dr Rosa treating Philip’s injuries
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And here is a treat for Gaura’s fans! Enjoy it!

Thanks to Lucia, Meghan and Christine for your recent donations - they’re helping buy the medicines that Philip and Salva need to treat their injuries.