MONA Primate Welfare
@MONA_UK
The Mona Foundation provides sanctuary for rescued chimpanzees,and other primates, where they can live out their lives in the most natural environment possible.
🔊 A little bit of ASMR 🔊 Do you hear anything besides the sounds Titín makes? For example, do you hear someone mopping the floor? 😏
This is how Bongo sleeps in summer. He pushes away all the straw he would normally use to make a nest and lies down on the cool ground 😍 #summer
Many are already aware of the amazing ability chimpanzees have to make and use tools, but few can imagine what Waty is capable of with just a simple stick… or with any object she manages to find a use for.
We had warnings ⚠️ We knew it was coming, and it’s here ⛈️ Time to go inside to take shelter from the storm. Marco runs, but Juanito… hesitates. And there’s Giulia, his caregiver, standing in the pouring rain, calling him with all the love and affection in the world 💖
It’s amazing to see chimpanzees showing off their strength. This jump is Bongo’s. mona-uk.org
If you’ve seen Part 2 of the video “Ways of Living Life”, then you’ve already met Juanito. 💚 Adopting Juanito is a beautiful way to care for him and make sure he can keep enjoying life just like that: at his own pace, with peace and calm 👉 mona-uk.org/help-us
Part 2 ✌️ of the ways of living of the chimpanzees rescued by MONA. Part 1 ☝️ is already up, in case you want to see which one you relate to most 🐒✨
Just like you, each chimp has their own way of living life. Let’s see which one you relate to most. But for that… you’ll have to watch Part 2 ✌️
With her emotional intelligence and that special touch only she has, Africa continues to be essential to the stability of her group. And we, with your support, remain by her side—encouraging, supporting, and learning from her every day.
🔬 Thanks to a new project, we now know which foods are the most motivating for each individual and can use them in veterinary training 🩺 to better monitor their health. Bongo is a fan of papaya🥭 A true gourmet!
Don’t worry about Tom, he’s exactly where he wants to be. 🐒 The structure warms up with the sun ☀️ and he loves lying down to soak up that heat. 😌🔥 But with the summer temperatures 🌡️, he’ll probably stop doing that soon and we’ll find him resting in the shade of a tree 🌳🌤️
Relax Victor, no one’s going to take your cabbage, you don’t have to hide 💜 Even so, will you help us buy more cabbages? 👉 mona-uk.org/help-us
Don’t read this text, watch the video (or don’t… if you don’t want to fall in love) 💖
We know you'd love to see Juanito's face, but he has other plans: foraging for food! mona-uk.org
This is what Tom sounds like ❤ 🗣 Just like humans, chimpanzees have individual differences in their voices. No two sound exactly the same. 🔊 We first heard his vocalizations on June 13, 2011, and we hope to keep hearing them for many more years.