Theo was a bonobo keeper who took care of the youngest animals. From Grains of Golden Sand:"Every morning Theo would prepare breakfast for the baby bonobos, and they would leap onto his shoulders for their ride to the bonobo building where he would close himself in a cage with them for the day. The baby bonobos socialized with Hani, Rosie, and Zuani, the adolescent bonobos next door until it was time to go to bed. On rounds at odd hours, I’d catch Theo sound asleep with a couple of bonobos snoozing beside him and another quietly playing with her toes on an overhead bench. That was Theo’s job, and he performed it admirably. He was also the most diplomatic of the keepers, and whenever the men had a work-related gripe, Theo was elected spokesman to present the case to “management”—me."
Photo by D. Messinger
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