Rescuers Spot Something Yellow On Chimp’s Head And Are Surprised Knowing Who It Is

Emma Ackerman
Oct 10, 2023
Oct 10, 2023

In 2002, they rescued September from a small cage in someone's backyard. Now she lives at a place called the Save the Chimps Sanctuary, where she has plenty of space to play and learn. Every day, her caregivers are happy to learn new things about her, and it’s always interesting to learn about her favorite activities.

September was rescued from a small cage in someone's backyard

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Since last year, September has always carried lovely friends along with her when she came for meals.

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Amazingly, September has been at the sanctuary for a really long time—about twenty years. However, something funny started happening last year. Caregivers noticed that whenever she came inside for her meals, she always carried unusual friends along with her: bees.

The sanctuary staff was curious, so they checked the camera to learn how this friendship formed.

The sanctuary checked the camera to learn how this friendship formed.

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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.

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“We wondered where she was getting them until one day I witnessed her catch one,” Rebecca Muscat, September’s care technician, said. “She allows them to crawl across her body and will always gently put them back on her head or in her ear for safekeeping. When she lays down, she watches them crawl across her belly. When they start to wander too far or out of reach, she places them back at the top of her body.”

"The bees are a great example of how chimps are individuals with much more smarts than we usually think."

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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."

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September's unique bond with the bees is just one part of her amazing personality that continues to impress everyone who knows her.

It can be said that September's unique bond with the bees is just one part of her amazing personality that continues to impress everyone who knows her.

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“September is a really amazing, intelligent, and unique chimp, and this is one example of why,” Muscat said.

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