Everybody knows the
popular sentence of this enticing fairy tale. It was the first that came to our
mind when we accidently witnessed this chimpanzee (Michio) looking into the
mirror. I have to say he took mirror watching to a new level…
As a big group of
chimpanzees came rather unexpected through camp, hair clipping of our head chef
was abruptly halted when Michio saw the mirror. Walking towards it he screamed
when he saw himself – doubting who it was. As he came closer he inspected the
mirror, pulled faces and kissed the mirror.
Puzzled as he still
was, he put his left arm around the wall straight into the chefs room and felt
behind the mirror to see if any chimpanzee was present.
Lucky we were to have
our camera on us!!
Another few looks in
the mirror and Michio decided to do a more thorough inspection on the other
side of the chefs room. Basically pulling apart the wall and sticking half his
body through (!), he inspected another time. He then looked puzzled again, walked
away for a couple of meters – and although not on picture – he carefully
checked underneath the building to see if any chimpanzee feet were present!!
Absolutely one of
the best and most hilarious moments we had with these great apes !
Brilliant !!!!! Thanks for sharing.
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