Gossau, 16 October 2014
Petiri, Mojo, Balima, Elisha, Brigitte, Malik, Madschabu, Chicca, Fanny, Tzippi, Pembeele
Balima wants to take the board in and gets angry and leaves as we pull the board back
Blacky gets her medication
Fanny
Digit runs through and everyone gets out of the way
Madschabu bites into the edge of the board, then dips the brush into the paint with the handle and leaves
Fanny wants to bite the brush
Dips shows no interest and leaves
Blacky
It's a playful excitement around
Digit runs through again and everyone gets out of the way
Chicca eats the paint, then strokes through the grid
Tzippi joins
Chicca leaves to the upper part of the corridor
Tzippi eats the paint
We slide the board underneath the grid, but she is still eating the paint, then leaves to the upper part of the corridor
Pembeele strokes on the wall and on the grid with a brush he found
Blacky strokes on the grid and the floor, then on two sheets of paper, then puts the brush down and leaves
Pili stipples on the paper
Brigitte joins and eats the paint again and again
Pili stipples continuously on the paper
Petiri joins in and strokes with his tongue on the paper
Today the atmosphere was relatively quiet and relaxed. Digit ran through the aisles a few times at the beginning. There were quite a lot of chimpanzees present today, but they played rather than producing strokes on the paper. Chicca stroked on a sheet through the grid, while eating a lot of paint in between. Since she had a bit of menstruation swelling, we did not slide the board underneath the enclosure grid. TzippiÕs only interest was eating the paint today. Blacky stroked concentratedly on two sheets and then put the brush down. Pembeele stroked on the wall in the back area towards the outer compound with a brush he found; otherwise he mostly bullied Blacky. Pili joined in and produced a manifestation in his stippling technique, which is very pleasing. Petiri left a few strokes with his tongue on the sheet. Brigitte, who was sitting next to him, is only interested in eating the paint and did not even take a brush into her hand. She puts the paint directly into her mouth with her finger. All in all, it was an average meeting, without any big ups or downs. It is also worth mentioning that the sports camera, which we attached to the upper grid, again attracted some attention, but not as much as the last time.
