Nico the Chimpanzee

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History: Born in captivity in 2000 and he arrived at Mona in 2004. He was previously raised like a human child so that could be easily trained for the entertainment industry just like Marco , Charly, Toni, Romie and Sara. Had lived in a small cage in a house before his rescue.
Personality: He is very sociable, outgoing and courageous. He is tirelessly playful with Juanito and insensitive to pain (partly due to the illness suffered). He suffers from Chiari malformation a degenerative disease. We have had to amputate four fingers of his left hand, the result of a chronic infection caused by frequent episodes of self - mutilation.

Likes: He loves cooked rice balls, cheese andyogurt.

News from the Sanctuary - December 2011 by Didi Crailsheim (primate carer) Bachelor group: Due to the bad weather, the boys had to stay inside for several days, but they didn´t seem too upset about it. They were overly excited when the...
News from the Sanctuary - November 2011 by Didi Crailsheim (primate carer) Bachelor group: All in all everything is fine and the boys are enjoying the slightly cooler weather of the last month. The Spanish afternoon heat generally renders...
News from the Sanctuary - October 2011 by Didi Crailsheim (primate carer) Bachelor Group: There were a few rainy days this month and the boys have had to stay inside but they didn't seem to mind; in fact they appeared to be...
News from the Sanctuary - September 2011 by Didi Crailsheim (primate carer) Bachelor group: The boys are doing very well and Bongo and Marco’s relationship seems to get more relaxed every day. Even though, we do still find from time to...

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