Gossau, 25 February 2015
Tzippi, Digit, Pili, Pembeele, Balima, Madschabu, Chicca
Madschabu shows no interest
Petiri
Pili dips the brush into the pot and leaves
Petiri stipples with the brush once on the paper and leaves
Balima shows no interest
Petiri dips the brush into the pot and eats the paint, then leaves
Pili dips the brush and leaves
Chicca dips the brush and leaves
Petiri dips the brush and eats the paint, then leaves again
Petiri shows no interest
Pili shows no interest
Pili stipples briefly on the wooden board, eats the paint, stipples on the paper and the floor, then leaves again
Pili dips the brush and eats the paint, then stipples through the enclosure grid and leaves
Pili dips the brush into the pot and eats the paint
Today the mood was tense and nervous at first. Digit ruminated a lot at the beginning and once again attacked Brigitte. The interest in the setting and the painting implements seems to decrease steadily and their interaction time with them is getting shorter and shorter. Chicca and Madschabu show no interest at all, even when they are close to the setting. Fanny did not come today. Even though she did stroke for the first time last week, it didnÕt trigger her interest in joining again. This was more likely with the others. We decided to continue for a while. Maybe after a few weeks or months we will try to do some sessions with food rewards to observe how the chimpanzees will react when there is food involved. This has to be discussed with Carel van Schaik and Dieter Maurer first.
