For all of you outside of Oklahoma, the news here has been HOT! As in over 105 degrees every day for 5 days! Tomorrow we cool down to a cool 101! Yea!
That kind of heat makes for miserable monkeys and caretakers alike!
Linda and I keep hydrated thanks to a donation of a sports drink and plenty of water. Starting very early helps too. The monkeys have water checked and filled 3 times a day and are treated to cool oranges in the evenings. Their activity is very limited. They lie around waiting for someone to turn the heat down.
I feel the most sorry for the research girls, Olive and Pickles! Image going from a climate controlled environment to this heat! We caught Pickles holding the spigot of her water bottle down and playing in the dripping water. We have had to add a water bucket to their enclosure to ensure they have enough to drink!
We look forward to a cool down of over 15 degrees this weekend. Hurray.
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