Food from above for Kaleb: the Washington Post video and its flood context
A bag of food arrives from above where floodwater has cut off the usual routes. That is the focus of “Drone delivers food to chimpanzee stranded by flooding,” a 26-second video on the official Washington Post channel about a delivery at a Florida sanctuary.
The upload is recent, but the event did not happen today. Original metadata gives November 10, 2026 at 17:00:46 Pacific time, already November 11 at 02:00:46 in Italy.
Associated Press had described the situation in a November 7 report carried by ABC News: this is a newly selected video of an earlier event, not a report of a new flood.
According to that account, internal roads at Save the Chimps near Fort Pierce were submerged after heavy rain. Kaleb, a 38-year-old chimpanzee, had remained in an outdoor area cut off by water.
Staff used a drone to bring him food and blankets until he moved on his own to somewhere more accessible.
An important distinction: the sanctuary's care houses were secure on higher ground, according to its chief executive's statement cited by AP. The footage should not be recast as a chimp being swept away or rescued from drowning.
The reason to watch is the work of maintaining animal care when normal logistics fail: the drone is one tool, not the whole emergency response.
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