Victoria Enjoying her Forest Excursion
Victoria Foraging for her Favourites in Forest School
Victoria Playing with Manfred
Victoria and Manfred Exploring the Wildlife (Caterpillar!)
Manfred ‘reinventing’ Fire
Victoria and Manfred update for April 2021
Manfred is male orangutan who was rescued when he was only a few months old. He’s now 2 years old and an active little soul (aka naughty!). All the orangutans are very fond on him and his antics, but to Victoria (7 years old), he seems simply irresistible. She is constantly at his side , tempting him to play with her and trying to take care of him. She is so obsessed with him that even she forgets to drink.
Manfred, however is more independent than Victoria will admit. He has a mind of his own and he does what he feels like. Manfred is very close to Tom (3 years old). Very often, when Manfred distracted by Victoria, he loses sight of Tom and starts to cry. Victoria with her developing motherly instincts, then tries to comfort Manfred, which distracts him again. Poor Manfred seems to be trapped in a vicious circle of Victoria’s suffocating love for him…
Fortunately, Manfred does find time to play with Tom and recently they have invented a remarkable game. they found out that when you hit together to rocks really hard, a certain smoky smell comes off. And if you can smell it, you can taste it as well, so Manfred and Tom can now sometimes be seen hitting rocks together and putting them into their mouths. They very close from inventing fire and we will be watching them closely…
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