Since last year, September has always carried lovely friends along with her when she came for meals.
The sanctuary staff was curious, so they checked the camera to learn how this friendship formed.
Everyone at the sanctuary was curious about the wonderful friendship between this lovely chimp and her bees, so they looked at the security camera videos and saw September hanging out near some flowers, trying to get along with the bees.
One day, September caught a bee, and it was surprising because she was very gentle with it. She'd let the bees crawl on her, and when they wandered too far or got out of reach, she'd put them back on her head or near her.
"The bees are a great example of how chimps are individuals with much more smarts than we usually think."
It seems like having the bees around makes September feel better. They're like her small friends who comfort her
Her caregivers love watching her with these bees because it shows that chimpanzees, like September, are really smart and aware. Rebecca Muscat summed it up by saying, "The bees are a great example of how chimps are individuals with much more smarts than we usually think."
September's unique bond with the bees is just one part of her amazing personality that continues to impress everyone who knows her.
“September is a really amazing, intelligent, and unique chimp, and this is one example of why,” Muscat said.
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