Two-year old Alizeti is a ball of energy. One of the youngest members of the chimpanzee troop at the Sedgwick County Zoo, her rambunctiousness is perhaps only matched by her independent streak.
Earlier this month, Alizeti did what all independent toddlers sometimes do: she went her own way.
While members of the zoo’s chimpanzee troop were headed outside for the day, Alizeti decided to hang back in her room. The troop’s alpha male Moshi went back to the room to move young Alizeti along.
“Unfortunately there was a conflict between the alpha male, Moshi, and Alizeti and sometimes parenting can get a little rough,” said Dr. Heather Arens, the zoo’s director of animal health…