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Chimpanzee Kudia during the feeding time at Tchindzoulou riverbank island.

Kudia

Kudia is one of the chimps showing the best signs of adapting to the daily routine on Tchindzoulou Island. Now that the 50 chimpanzees are finally together, Kudia’s presence has helped a lot by making the merging of the previous two groups easier. Kudia is very friendly and strategic when it comes to her relationships. She has even been able to relieve tension between alpha males and alpha females! Wounda is the most powerful female in the group, and she’s one of Kudia’s best friends. During the long integration process, they have grown even closer. Being Wounda’s friend is very helpful for Kudia, and all the chimps know this. No one dares to hurt Kudia because they know Wounda has got her back. In the complex hierarchy of this newly integrated group, Kudia played it smart and befriended the boss.

Wounda’s baby, Hope, is daring to stray further and further from her mother. This allows Kudia to have more and more access to the baby. Kudia has managed to bond with Hope to the point where Hope hops on Kudia’s back and she walks around with the baby on her back. This makes Kudia extremely happy, and it seems as if the maternal instinct is stirs in this adolescent chimp. 

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Ashley Sullivan is the Director of Storytelling & Marketing for Communications & Partnerships at the Jane Goodall Institute USA, where she works to connect individuals with Dr. Jane Goodall's vision, and the JGI mission to create a better world for all by protecting the interconnections between people, other animals, and the environment. Ashley graduated Stony Brook University with a Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology and a minor in Biology, and is pursuing a Master's of Science in Environmental Science & Policy at Johns Hopkins University with a focus on Environmental Justice. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, now a D.C. resident, she has a varied background including 10+ years of expert communications and digital marketing in the social and environmental non-profit sector. Her intersectional approach to this work has been shaped by a holistic world-view, having traveled to Madagascar and Ecuador for conservation research projects, leading communications for youth social justice filmmaking organizations, and as a part of several professional groups advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in environmental spaces including Greens REALIGN. With skills ranging from conservation fieldwork, policy and advocacy campaigns, strategic communications, art, digital media, and design, Ashley believes in sharing information to empower and in the magic of storytelling to transform hearts and minds. Through growing understanding, empathy, and justice, she is igniting positive change to create that better, more equitable world, every day.

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