Foods and Feeding
During the 50 days, Figan spent 57% of his daylight hours feeding. Fruits accounted for the bulk of this feeding time (52%), followed by leaves (27%), seeds (16%), and meat (3%), as described in the Figan Follow publication. For detailed descriptions of chimpanzee feeding behavior and ecology at Gombe, see Dr. Jane’s treatise The Chimpanzees of Gombe, Patterns of Behavior (1986) and Richard Wrangam’s doctoral dissertation from the University of Cambridge (1975).
Figan chews on a “monkey-bread” seed pod (local name: kifumbe) in upper Linda valley. 
Faben feeds on “milk-pod” seeds (local name: msongati ) near Peak Ridge. Figan is hidden in the back side of the tree. The soccer field is visible along the beach.
Figan in a milk-pod (msongati) tree along one of the upper ridges.
Figan after snacking on milk-pods (msongati).
Figan eats “sycamore figs” (local name: mumanda) behind Dr. Jane’.’s house.
Figan travels with a fig in his mouth.
Figan climbs a “palm nut” tree (local name: ngazi).
Figan eats the fleshy outer layer of palm nuts while sharing his perch with an old adult male baboon. Palm nut flesh accounted for 17% of Figan’s feeding time, the most of any food.
Hugo eats “chimp spinach” (local name: kitota).
Faben in a kitota patch.
Miff chews on Canthium fruits (local name: magugunwa) on a grassland in upper Linda valley. Her son, ten-month-old Michaelmas, plays nearby.
Faben shows off his “wadge” while feeding near Miff. Behind him is Miff’s five-year-old daughter, Moeza.
Satan in a Pterocarpus tree (local name: msilote).
Satan feeds on stalks.
Goblin eats berries (local name: mshai) in the upper grasslands.
Goblin eat lamb’s tail (local name: mngizanziga) in the upper grasslands.
Humphrey showed up in Camp looking completely dishevled after three straight days eating sticky leaves from the genus Dalbergia (local name: muhasha). This three-day feeding frenzy (Days 41-43) was localized to a small area centered around KK3, drew large chimpanzee groups, and accounted for 5% of Figan’s feeding time over the 50 days. The frenzy ended as abruptly as it began.
Sporting a pot-belly, seven-year-old Atlas eats “bamboo” stalks (local name: matete).
Faben, Miff (with burlap in mouth), and probably Winkle chew on a burlap sack scavenged from near the Mess (DAY 25). Miff’s five-year-old daughter Moeza has her back to the camera. Cretus Chiwaga takes notes in the background.
Patti Begs for Cardboard from Figan
Patti whimpers while Figan inspects his new prize, a piece of cardboard scavenged from near Staff Camp.
Patti begs, hand-to-mouth, for a piece of cardboard.
Patti chews on a scrap of cardboard.
Patti with a “wadge” of cardboard in her mouth.