Save the Chimps sanctuary<\/a> in Fort Pierce was captured on camera Wednesday happily chowing down on a banana after the flying gadget dropped a paper bag full of grub from above, according to footage from the sanctuary.<\/p>\nA drone drops food to Kaleb, a chimp at the flooded Save the Chimps sanctuary in Fort Pierce, Florida. Save the Chimps<\/p>\n
Another grinning great ape was shown resting on a drone-delivered blanket as a primate pal picked bugs out of its ear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Overflowing canal waters have kept staffers at the sprawling, 150-acre sanctuary from reaching parts of the property to feed and care for the animals \u2014\u00a0after a devastating storm pounded the region with up to 20 inches of rain this week.<\/p>\n
A drone drops food to a chimpanzee at the flooded Save the Chimps sanctuary in Fort Pierce, Florida, five days after heavy rain inundated the area. Save the Chimps<\/p>\n
\u201cThe chimps, who live on islands with care houses at a higher elevation, are safe,\u201d said sanctuary CEO Ana Paula Tavares. \u201cBut with flood waters stagnant throughout the property and surrounding area, it has been a major challenge for our staff to arrive at work, much less carry out their responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chimp Kaleb braves the flood waters climbing along a rope. A very unusual sight as chimps avoid water at all costs. Save the Chimps<\/p>\n
Other footage shows the primates surrounded by water as staffers try to reach them by boat and truck.<\/p>\n
The sanctuary, which is home to 200 rescued chimps, is currently only accessible by tractor, trailer or large off-road vehicle, according to the sanctuary.<\/p>\n
Save the Chimps sanctuary in Fort Pierce was flooded this week. Save the Chimps<\/p>\n
A donated \u201cSwamp Buggy\u201d \u2014 designed to navigate marshy terrain \u2014 broke down Thursday and other vehicles can\u2019t get through the water, according to a rep for the sanctuary .<\/p>\n
A drone drops blankets for stranded primates Save the Chimps<\/p>\n
Drones delivered blankets to stranded chimps in Florida. Save the Chimps<\/p>\n
A staffer, meanwhile, was hit by more monkey business as he got stuck in a sink hole near the sanctuary on Friday morning, organization said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hundreds of Floridians reportedly had to be rescued this week in the Florida storm<\/a> \u2014 which slammed parts of the state with up to 20 inches of rain in just 12 hours, officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That\u2019s bananas! Wild footage shows adorable chimpanzees stranded in the historic\u00a0Florida floodwaters getting fruit and blankets delivered by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":908686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[50327,1679,2808,79,194,201],"class_list":["post-908685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-chimpanzees","tag-floods","tag-florida","tag-science","tag-us-news","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}