Caption This - Week 10

 From the blog archives:  I've not been out and about lately and my supply of photos is running short.  I found this one from a few years back.  This fellow was actually a vendor at a regional flea market here in Texas.  His wife happened to be on hand to monitor their booth.  Otherwise, he might have lost an important sale.  Give me your best caption for this photo and come back next week to see all the fun captions.

Last week's photo was one of this series' favorites with my blog friends.  Here are just a few of the outstanding captions:

1.  "I'm telling ya, the Donald Trump comb-over wins every time" - by TexWisGirl at The Run*A*Round Ranch Report

2.  "Wrinkle cream, anyone have some?" - by Randy at Santa Fe Daily Photo

3.  "Don't forget to get your roots done dahling.  Only your hair dresser knows for sure" - by Jeanne of In Search Of

4.  "Cover Girl" - by Daniel at The Pixel Collective

5.  "I'm Beauty.  You should see Beaat" - by EG CameraGirl at East Gwillumbury CameraGirl

Caption This - Week 9

This week's Caption This subject is a former winner in the Miss Warthog Beauty Pageant.  So come on, Bloggers, and put on your creative thinking hats and submit a caption of what advice this beauty queen has for contestants in the upcoming pageant!

Last week's favorites:

1.  "Don 't mess with Texas cuz I'm not in the mood" from TexWisGirl at Run*A*Round Ranch Report

2.  "Do I look like Dennis Weaver?" from Randy at Santa Fe Daily Photo

Inside Chimp Haven

Some of you indicated you would like to see more of the photos from my recent visit to Chimp Haven.  Here you go!

Chimp Haven is located in the middle of a dense pine forest near Shreveport, Louisiana.  It is a sanctuary primarily for retired chimpanzees from medical research facilities.  One resident is a former pet and a few are from the entertainment industry.  From the above photo you can see that visitors get a pretty good view of the chimps who live on an island surrounded by a small lake; however a camera with a good zoom lens is a plus.  Chimps cannot swim due to their high percentage of muscle mass as opposed to fat.  They simply sink when they are in water.  As a result many of them have a natural fear of water.  These prohibitions provide a natural barrier for the primates, allowing them to live without being contained by cages or bars.

Chimp Haven is open to the public only six mornings a year and visitors are treated with being able to watch the chimps participate in a fruit roundup twice during the morning visit.  It is absolutely delightful to watch them gathering up the tossed-out apples, bananas, and oranges.  

It is also fun to see if you can identify any of the residents by comparing their photos which are placed on these large bulletin boards throughout the facility.   A visit to Chimp Haven carries no charge.

The chimps have plenty of toys and are given constant stimulation to help keep them happy and busy.  A group of them can spend hours attempting to pry fruit particles from a bucket of of frozen water.

Meet Pierre.  He looks like a gruff old guy but supposedly he's a sweetheart and will stand by the lake as long as someone is there to watch him.  Pierre recently arrived at Chimp Haven from the New Iberia, Louisiana, research center where 110 chimps have been retired from medical research.  Chimp Haven agreed to take these animals and provide them a place to live for the remainder of their lives.  Pierre was infected with HIV during his stay in the government medical research laboratory.  Chimp Haven is one of the few sanctuaries in the United States which is qualified to care for hepatitis B and HIV-infected animals.  These infected animals are separated from the noninfected population.

Dr. Raven Jackson, the on-site veternarian, tells Pierre's story to a group of Chimp Haven visitors.

For more information on this wonderful sanctuary, visit chimphaven.org