Devoted zookeeper behind a 'chimpanzee influencer'

By CHANG CHEN | ichongqing.info | Updated: 2023-07-27 16:51
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Yuhui, the chimpanzee, was doing laundry. [Photo by Liu Li/Upstream News]

Chongqing - Yuhui, a male chimpanzee in the Chongqing Lehe Ledu Animal Theme Park, is an emerging "influencer" online with over one million followers. However, the zookeeper Xu Zhengkun views Yuhui as a cute and intelligent chimpanzee instead of an "influencer."

With strong learning and imitation abilities, he can wash clothes, sweep the floor, and even trim nails like a human. Yuhui is loved by the public. In the Zookeeper's eyes, Yuhui has his own aesthetic values and also gets moody occasionally; noticing bruises on Xu's arm, he will stroke his arm tenderly as if comforting him.

From chimpanzee to 'influencer'

"I have accidentally discovered that by imitating human behavior, Yuhui knows how to do laundry: it rubs soap on the T-shirt and washes it by hand, sometimes even with a brush. You can tell he is a master of doing this." Xu recorded videos showing Yuhui's skills and posted them online. To his surprise, the videos have gone viral and amused many netizens.

The chimpanzee has many other skills. He has learned how to trim nails recently. If the weather is good, he will drink milk gracefully through a straw to enjoy the taste.

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