By Mwiga Mambo- Tracker, Greystoke Mahale.
It was 23rd Sept when we were tracking chimpanzees in the evening. The chimps were heading to the northern part of their home range, and when we reached one trail known as G5, there was a dead Pcnanthus log. When the chimpanzees get to this log they have a habit of licking it as if they were licking rocks to get salt minerals. The log has now fallen down because it has rotted more, and where the chimps were licking has developed a shape like a local canoe.
When the chimps we were following reached this dead log some ignored it but one juvenile chimp known as Matsuya could not resist such a simple pleasure, so she gets into a place that has developed itself like a canoe and leaned her shoulder from one side to the other as someone paddling a canoe. After that she started shaking it and standing on top of it and tried to drum it but lastly she get in again and feeling tired she get out and tried to drag the log, but it was far too heavy for her so she left.
