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This one's for you, Marie:
"A 26-year-old female chimpanzee named Aiai smokes at Qinling Zoo in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province, August 23, 2005. The chimpanzee began smoking in 1989 after her first mate died. Following the deaths of her second mate in 1997 and one of her offspring, and the transfer of another offspring to a different zoo, she began to smoke more heavily. Zoo authorities announced on August 23 that they planned to help her stop smoking through several measures, such as finding a male chimpanzee for her."
For picture, see the article.
I love the fact that this is written as though the chimp just took up smoking of her own devices. Who the hell taught the chimp to smoke?!! And who has been buying her cigarettes since 1989?
August 26 2005, 10:05:03 UTC 6 years ago
I wonder what happens when they try to get her to go cold turkey. This seriously sounds like a joke.
Cold turkey is the only way to go, so the fact that they're "trying to help her quit" is patently absurd. Unless there have been a number of other headlines like "Local Chimpanzee breaks free and is found at nearby gas station".