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I'll Be Your Mummy And You Be My Little Kitty Cat: Anjana The Chimp....
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| August 31, 2009
Posted on 08/31/2009 12:22:15 PM PDT by Steelfish
I'll be your mummy and you be my little kitty cat: Anjana the chimp shows off her parenting skills...with a puma cub
By Mail Foreign Service
31st August 2009
She has a tender heart, a nice hairy shoulder to cry on -and she knows where her zoo keeps the baby wipes.
So Anjana the chimpanzee is well qualified to be a kitten-sitter.
Since orphaned puma cub Sierra turned up at the zoo, Anjana has helped her human carers with all the feeding, cuddling and chasing duties.
Primate mum: Anjana the chimp helps zookeepers to care for orphaned puma cub, Sierra [Pic in URL]
The chimpanzee, who is five, has lived her whole life at The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS) in South Carolina, in the U.S..
She learned to care for little big cats while in the charge of resident feline curator China York.
Park director Dr Bhagavan Antle said: 'Chimpanzees are great learners and imitators so it wasn't long before she took on the right behaviours that were necessary to keep the kittens in line.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: kittyping; napl
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posted on
08/31/2009 12:22:15 PM PDT
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
okay. does this mean puma doesn’t sling poo at zoo visitors?
2
posted on
08/31/2009 12:23:43 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com)
To: GeronL
3
posted on
08/31/2009 12:24:02 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com)
To: Steelfish
If you will be my bodyguard, I will be your long-lost pal...
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posted on
08/31/2009 12:28:08 PM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(The emperor has no pedigree.)
To: Steelfish
This is the cutest thing!
5
posted on
08/31/2009 12:29:13 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
To: netmilsmom
Thanks for the pic post- there are so many of them in the URL.
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posted on
08/31/2009 12:33:10 PM PDT
by
Steelfish
To: Slings and Arrows
If the chimp could do magic, that'd be an act you can take to Vegas.
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posted on
08/31/2009 12:38:38 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Kennedycare?Recall that "Animal Farm" begins with a Socialist Revolution to honor Big Major's legacy)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
08/31/2009 12:40:07 PM PDT
by
Steelfish
To: a fool in paradise
Feel good photo of the year?
How cool is that?
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posted on
08/31/2009 12:42:45 PM PDT
by
Bullish
( Reality is the best cure for delusion.)
To: Allegra
To: Steelfish
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posted on
08/31/2009 12:50:19 PM PDT
by
LADY J
(Change your thoughts and you change your world. - Norman Vincent Peale)
To: Steelfish
12
posted on
08/31/2009 12:50:21 PM PDT
by
LADY J
(Change your thoughts and you change your world. - Norman Vincent Peale)
To: windcliff; onedoug
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posted on
08/31/2009 1:02:02 PM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: a fool in paradise
If the chimp could do magic, that'd be an act you can take to Vegas. Yeah, and it would play well.....
Until the darn thing ripped someones face off....
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posted on
08/31/2009 3:00:24 PM PDT
by
China Clipper
(My favorite animals usually are found next to the rice on my plate.)
To: a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; ...
Just for the awwww of it.
To: GeronL
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posted on
08/31/2009 5:07:15 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom ;))
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
08/31/2009 5:07:29 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
("God Is Great, Beer Is Good, People Are Crazy"-Billy Currington :)=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
08/31/2009 5:07:54 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(God Bless Our Military Men And Women)
To: al baby
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posted on
08/31/2009 5:18:47 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com)
To: netmilsmom; nw_arizona_granny; Fred Nerks; null and void; stockpirate; george76; PhilDragoo; ...
I'll be your mummy and you be my little kitty cat Awww, meow, meow.
Here's welcome relief from birth certificates. This is so cute, I'm tempted to ping the trolls, double agents, and agent provocateurs.
Thanks for the ping, Slings and Arrows.
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posted on
08/31/2009 5:25:41 PM PDT
by
LucyT
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