Hi all! Calvin here. The most asked question we get about JimJim is ‘what is his favorite food?’ Drum roll please… It’s bananas. He goes ape for bananas. If he could speak, I imagine him saying “I know it’s cliche, but I know what I like and I like bananas.’ He gets three carefully planned meals a day. Each meal consists of some fruit (apples, bananas, figs, grapes, etc.), vegetables (carrots, celery, broccoli, lettuce etc.) some grains like bread, oats and cereal, and special occasional treats like peanut butter sandwiches, Jello, or hardboiled eggs.
In the wild, they spend most of the day foraging. They can spend up to an hour fishing for termites, or hours climbing a tree to reach some fruit on an awkward branch. The way we feed them is important. We don’t often just hand them their food. We’ll put the food behind some activity such as up on a high ledge, so that they will climb. We try to simulate foraging when we can.
I gave JimJim a flip book the other day and he was entranced. We bound together some of his drawing sheets and he’s been creating some rough animations. Fascinating! He’ll carefully draw an item over and over again, page after page, altering each somewhat, then cackles with glee when he flips it into action. Seeing JimJim happy is what our work is all about. He is a constant joy. Soon we’ll share some of his animated flips on his channel.
— Calvin Poe