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Animals in residence

1. Tea Junction is home to a community of three chimps and a Barbary Ape at the junction of two deep dykes.

2. The alpha male chimp is called Bobin, he insists on first pick of all the new fruit that comes in to Barbara's Local Shop.

3. The female chimp, Bonzer has a baby called Bobo, who complains there are no other youngsters around to play with, so he has to spend all his play time on social media.

4. The newest arrival to the village is Barbara, a Barbary Ape who emigrated from Gibraltar.
She runs the Local Shop, which currently stocks a wide variety of fruit.

5. About half a kilometer from Tea Junction is Little Tibet, where Ting-Tong the panda lives.
She arrived in November 2017 as a refugee when China bulldozed her bamboo plantation to make way for a sock factory.

6. The two foxes which lived at 'Dead Fox', a place in the dyke near the end of the land, where I had once found a dead fox.
Sadly, both the foxes were stolen in 2019, probably by poachers trespassing on my land.
I have already got replacements for these two, which should shortly appear at Dead Fox.

7. One of the new apes is a baby Orang-Utan called Jinja, whose pal Bobo is nearby.
There is more food available, including biscuits and a fish.

8. Another group of animals I added today is this squadron of 5 penguins on an ice sheet, along with a supply of fish.
Three of them are King penguins, one is an Adelie and the chick is probably an Emperor.

I've no idea why the frog is there, but I know there is a species which can hibernate under the snow in sub-zero temperatures. Alternately this frog may have a regular supply of hot soup somewhere and a four-season sleeping bag.

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1. Tea Junction is home to a community of three chimps and a Barbary Ape at the junction of two deep dykes.
2. The alpha male chimp is called Bobin, he insists on first pick of all the new fruit that comes in to Barbara's Local Shop.
3. The female chimp, Bonzer has a baby called Bobo, who complains there are no other youngsters around to play with, so he has to spend all his play time on social media.
4. The newest arrival to the village is Barbara, a Barbary Ape who emigrated from Gibraltar. She runs the Local Shop, which currently stocks a wide variety of fruit.
5. About half a kilometer from Tea Junction is Little Tibet, where Ting-Tong the panda lives. She arrived in November 2017 as a refugee when China bulldozed her bamboo plantation to make way for a sock factory.
6. The two foxes which lived at 'Dead Fox', a place in the dyke near the end of the land, where I had once found a dead fox. Sadly, both the foxes were stolen in 2019, probably by poachers trespassing on my land. I have already got replacements for these two, which should shortly appear at Dead Fox.
7. One of the new apes is a baby Orang-Utan called Jinja, whose pal Bobo is nearby. There is more food available, including biscuits and a fish.
8. Another group of animals I added today is this squadron of 5 penguins on an ice sheet, along with a supply of fish. Three of them are King penguins, one is an Adelie and the chick is probably an Emperor. I've no idea why the frog is there, but I know there is a species which can hibernate under the snow in sub-zero temperatures. Alternately this frog may have a regular supply of hot soup somewhere and a four-season sleeping bag.