The nursery bonobos are so patient waiting their turn for bonobo tea! 🫖 Bonobo tea is a mixture of ginger, garlic, lemon and other fruit to help boost the bonobo’s immune systems and keep them healthy! 💗 🥰 Follow us on Tik Tok: @friendsofbonobos Reminder: Bonobos are NOT pets and all bonobos seen here have been rescued from the wildlife/bushmeat trades and only interact with trained caretakers. One day, we are hopeful they will be released back into the wild at Ekolo ya Bonobo Community Reser

We often get asked why we throw the bonobos' food in the water from a distance. Although they are at the sanctuary, they are in a semi-wild environment and it's important that we give them their space and limit human contact wherever possible. Tossing it into the water rather than on land helps keep the food, much of which is fruit, clean and intact. It also encourages the bonobos to forage - an important skill needed for life in the wild someday. Here's a bonobo demonstrating how to find a tast

A group of bonobos eating fruit in a dense savannah forest drc congo.