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Feb. 26 Chimpanzee Nursemaid - To Yogi Bear: When Yogi a four month old Malayan Sun bear arrived at Twycross Zoo, England, Mollie Badham the curator, thought she would have another chore to add to her already overloaded work schedule. that of acting as nursemaid to a cuddly bear in need of friendship. But the difficulty solved itself, for living in the bear cub, was Louis a four year old domesticated chimpanzee, also a new arrival in need of friends. Mollie Badham introduced the pair, and decided to teach Louis to look after Yogi. Louis cottoned on, liked the responsibility of being a nursemaid, and now regularly brings Yogi's bottle of milk and honey, tests it on himself first, them holds it while the bear cub feeds

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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Badham Brings Chimpanzee Chore Cuddly Curator Decided Difficulty Domesticated Feeds Honey Introduced Itself Liked Malayan Mollie Need Nursemaid Overloaded Regularly Responsibility Schedule Solved Teach Tests Twycross Yogi


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