They are smarter than hunger. The group of chimpanzees senses that the breakfast ice creams are about to arrive and take up positions in front of the keeper to catch the frozen pieces on the fly. One of the apes climbs to the top of a tree and gestures to the worker to be the first to receive the frozen Paraguayan. He stretches out his arm and catches it while maintaining his balance and descends nimbly looking for a shadow to lick it to pieces.
The Barcelona Zoo is not immune to rising temperatures. And that the enclosure is always two degrees above the rest of the city, due to the enclave and its vegetation. Those responsible for the equipment explained yesterday the actions that are carried out these days to maintain the well-being of the tenants. They are the same as previous years: fruit ice cream, cubes of insects and hoses of water to refresh the atmosphere.
After the chimpanzee enclosure, the group of journalists summoned stops in front of the facility that houses the mongooses. They run and hide in the underground tunnels until the arrival of the caretaker with a hose in hand, chasing them with water. It is a game in which they interact with the worker. Then the ice cubes arrive with a surprise, frozen worms and insects as prizes after the thaw.
The elephants are the three protagonists of the last organized sequence. They know the summer routine well. Yoyo, Susi and Bully approach looking for the fresh water jet. Then they open their mouths waiting for the caretaker to hit the frozen fruit juice carton that he throws at them with aim, after getting rid of the packaging. He tastes like fresh and sweet glory to them. The three of them, and in turns, frolic afterwards in the muddy pond from which they come out covered in mud, their best sunscreen.
