Don and I have been working with Dr. Darby Proctor, and Dr. Kate Talbot of Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) on the design of collaborative enrichment for the Brevard Zoo’s spider monkeys. We had a meeting at the Cognitive area of the zoo and they showed Don some sketches, and he took measurements on how far the monkeys could reach.
The “Pull Bar Apparatus” has a long aluminum handle and will be set up outside the spider monkey habitat so the handle can be pull through the fence to get treats. The monkey that is pulling the long handle can easily reach treats and other monkeys can get to the far end of the enrichment to get treats.
More to come!!!
Animal Enrichment Systems 