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Please watch these good chimpanzees frolicking in a ball pit

It's time to monkey around.
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Petrana Radulovic
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Please watch these good chimpanzees frolicking in a ball pit
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Animals and ball pits are a tried and true formula for a good pick-me-up. This time, nine rescue chimpanzees are the featured animals.

Caregivers at the Project Chimps sanctuary created a ball pit for the former lab chimpanzees. Some chimps hesitated at first, but then one of the caretakers decided to dive right in for a demonstration.

After that, the chimps got the idea pretty quickly and had a... ball.

Forget about your own troubles and take comfort in the fact that nine chimps once used for research purposes are now having a grand ol' time in a ball pit.

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Petrana Radulovic

Petrana Radulovic was a web culture fellow here at Mashable. She enjoys exploring the growing intersection of story-telling and digital spaces, hanging out in book shops and art museums, and the tasteful meme. Follow her on Twitter at @pet_rana for #relatable content.


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