macaques

So during Member's Day, I helped out the Jungle and close down the exhibit. During this closing, we stopped by our South America back holding. We have two macaques there. Since we were feeding out, I always like to hand feed them through the enclosure. This was a cool experience because it is not every day that somebody gets to shake hands or feet with a primate. Macaques are among one of the most intelligent primates. With some negotiation of bananas and other fruit, I was able to give a command, "hand," before I fed him. The macaque was very cooperative and gave me his hand with a good hand shake. He also gave me his foot to shake as well. This was super cool!