ulengue at the base

Ulengue has been living up at the base and away from his friends down at the nursery for about 4 days now. He came with Lufino, another of the big guys at the nursery, and the two will be integrated with group 4 together. Both of them will have some pretty big challenges. I am worried for both of them but mostly for ulengue. Lufino is a thug and was really rough with the other infants. He is going to beat up a lot of here since suddenly he won't be the big guy anymore. But it will probably be important for his development and will ultimately teach him important social skills. And quite frankly...he has it coming.

Ulengue's challenge will mostly be sticking up for himself. He is more human focused than is good for him so he may have a tough time making new chimp friends, especially if they try to assert their dominance over him immediately (which they of course will). Here are some nice shots of ulengue during one of his last days down at the nursery: