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ZOE
Zoé arrived at CCC in 2009 and was already an adult. Captured as a baby, she was living in an expatriate home in Conakry who bought her at a market when she was only 6 months old. Zoé lived for 10 years in the city, in fairly good hygienic conditions and well treated, but without a tree to climb and without any contact with her peers. As a result, Zoé did not behave like a chimpanzee at all (she did not know how to eat leaves for example), she did not know wild fruits that were presented to her and she did not know how to communicate with others.
It took her many years to adapt to her new environment and learn to live in a group. Zoe is an easily stressed female chimpanzee who used to pull out her hair when she first arrived. Today, she no longer does so, but she is still missing hair. She has also become very cheerful and the center has managed to integrate her with other chimpanzees. She now lives with two other males and two females. Zoe has even become a sort of teacher for the chimpanzees who have the same problems she had. She is now the one who initiates playing whithin the group.
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As you can see on the videos below, Zoé is now very playful as here with Noël – a young male full of energy.
Revisiting one of our favorite moments with our determined Zoë! Look at that girl go.
