Play is an important part of chimp social life at the sanctuary. The chimps especially enjoy rough-housing and wrestling with each other. Even with massive canine teeth, the chimps often use their mouths when playing, gently biting and panting with their mouths open. https://youtu.be/zr88Jqze7_U | Project Chimps

Dr. Jane Goodall observed that wild chimpanzees use tools, such as sticks and grass, to extract termites from insect mounds as a source of food. At the Project Chimps sanctuary for former research chimpanzees, the staff and volunteers - led by Chimpanzee Caregiver Kate - built a mock termite mound to encourage the chimps' natural tool use abilities. See how they made it. Watch as Noel and her eight female group mates tried the termite mound for the first time! Some of the chimps caught on quickl