Today we celebrate World Chimpanzee Day with the veteran chimps at Chester Zoo.
Boris is a much loved Chimpanzee at Chester Zoo and many visitors of the zoo have grown up seeing him on chimp Island as a leader and high ranking member of the famous troop with a lovable character often interacting with visitors and people watching from his lush island habitat But many people from the UK and around the world will recognise and know him from the hugely popular animal documentary tv series 'The Secret Life Of The Zoo' which followed many of the animals that are featured on this channel @apetracker1
The tv series, which aired on British TV on Channel 4
ran for 10 seasons from 2016 - 2021 and was narrated by Olivia Colman and Tamsin Greig
It featured behind the scenes of the zoo, capturing animal behaviour and the relationship of the animals and their keepers.
One notable relationship in the tv series was that of keeper Niall with Boris.
Niall was quoted in the series as saying 'I suppose me and Boris are friends' and fondly called him the nickname 'Bozza'
Niall also told us the story of what was thought to be a boil on Boris's brow in fact turned out to be a pellet - giving us a heartbreaking insight into how Boris had initially come to be in captivity, likely orphaned and taken from the wild, a very sobering thought indeed about the plight of these animals in the wild!
This video filmed in May 2024 shows Boris on the main island, his group get some time every week on the island on their own apart from the main group and have their own separate living area away from the main group
the other members of the bachelor group Nicky and Friday will feature in separate videos to follow
There are currently as of 2024, 20 chimps in 2 seperate chimp groups at Chester Zoo consisting of 7 Males and 13 Females The oldest is Boris at 56 years old Born 1966 and the youngest is Jeff who was Born in December 2022
*And remember, if you are missing 'The Secret Life Of the Zoo' series you can catch up with the star of the show and the babies that have been born to them since on this channel - every week!
Enjoy: Famous Chimpanzee Boris 🐵 Rare update footage of Chester Zoos Iconic Chimp !
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26 авг 2024
