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Monday, September 15, 2008

Theo and Baby Bonobo

Theo was a mild mannered keeper, well suited for his nanny job with the young bonobos. Physically, Theo was a stick-thin man much shorter than I. His stature was a trial for him because skinniness advertised “poor.” Theo had a nurturing soul, and he didn’t mind bottle feeding the babies and letting them hang from him so he looked like a moving bush with hairy fruit.

Photo by D. Messinger

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