ISRAEL: MONKEYS IN KFAR DANIEL MONKEY PARK CELEBRATE HANUKKAH BY PLAYING WITH DREIDELS

Record ID: 862310

  • Title: ISRAEL: MONKEYS IN KFAR DANIEL MONKEY PARK CELEBRATE HANUKKAH BY PLAYING WITH DREIDELS
  • Date: 6th December 2004
  • Summary: (L!1)KFAR DANIEL, ISRAEL (DECEMBER 6, 2004) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) MLV: MONKEY HOLDING AND BITING DREIDEL GV: GROUP OF MONKEYS HOLDING DREIDELS LV: OF MONKEY EATING FOOD FROM DREIDEL WS: GROUP OF MONKEYS HOLDING DREIDELS LV: OF MONKEY EATING FOOD FROM DREIDEL WS: OF TAMAR FREDMAN OF MONKEY PARK STANDING BEFORE MONKEYS SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) TAMAR FREDMAN OF MONKEY PARK SAYING: "We try and give them different kinds of enrichments every few days to make their life more interesting. And we thought as it's Hanukkah now and there is a tradition of playing with spin tops, we thought maybe the monkeys would enjoy playing with it. To make it more interesting for them we put food inside. You see there is a lot of interest in them. Although, they are not spinning the spin tops as we thought they might do. Although, monkeys can't do this but they can do this. We see that mainly they are trying to open it up. But still, it's a very good form of enrichment for them. The size of the spin top, it looks different from what they have had up to now. It's given them a bit of interest in it." WS: TWO MONKEYS SAT ON WOODEN POLE BETWEEN TWO TREES VARIOUS: OF MONKEYS PLAYING IN ENCLOSURE (4 SHOTS)
  • Embargoed: 21st December 2004 12:00
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  • Location: KFAR DANIEL, ISRAEL
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  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Environment,Quirky,Religion,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVA9KM5VCLST34M77J2F9250IYE6
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  • Story Text: Monkeys in Israel celebrating Hanukkah with seasonal toys.
    An Israeli zoo gave monkeys a chance to celebrate Hanukkah early this year. On Monday (December 6), zookeepers at the Monkey Park in Kfar Daniel distributed dreidels, or spin tops, to the monkeys.
    "We try and give them different kinds of enrichments every few days to make their life more interesting," said Tamar Fredman of Monkey Park.
    "We thought as it's Hanukkah now and there is a tradition of playing with spin tops, we thought maybe the monkeys would enjoy playing with it. To make it more interesting for them we put food inside. You see there is a lot of interest in them. Although, they are not spinning the spin tops as we thought they might do."
    Instead of spinning the toys, the monkeys look more interested in breaking them open to get to the special treat inside. In any event, the monkeys don't seem to be in the mood for sharing their dreidels.
    Dreidels are traditional toys given to children to spin during Hanukkah. Hanukkah begins on Tuesday evening (December 7) and lasts for eight nights.
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