She starts at the stem end of the coconut. She chews off part of the husk and her nose follows the smell. In no time, she accesses the inside of the coconut and laps up the water and then starts on the flesh. Then the coconut becomes like a Kong toy and she can spend quite a while licking the flesh inside.
Here is what the coconut looks like after a half an hour of fun.
Based on her attraction to coconuts, we have decided to start using coconut water in our recipe for Sandy Dog Biscuits.
It could be just a couple of months before Leilani gets as good as this orangutan at opening a coconut.