MONKEYS, SMOKING |
 Apr 27 2005, 03:00 AM
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I can't believe this is true!! Talking about trying to quit cold turkey!!
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African zoo is trying to persuade its star chimpanzee to kick a bad smoking habit. Charlie, a grown male chimp and the Bloemfontein Zoo, has been picking up cigarettes thrown to him by visitors and smoking them -- a habit he probably picked up by observing humans, zoo officials told the SAPA news agency on Thursday. "Baby chimps pick up habits by mimicking adults and we think he started mimicking smokers at his enclosure which probably led to smokers throwing him cigarettes," spokesman Daryl Barnes told SAPA. Barnes said Charlie was already showing the signs of a true nicotine addict. "He even acts like a naughty schoolboy by hiding the cigarette when staff approach the area," Barnes said, adding that the zoo was determined to help him quit. Barnes said the most important thing was that people stop providing Charlie with cigarettes or any other treats, noting the chimp already had three bad teeth because of all the cans of sweet soft drinks that people throw at him. Charlie is not the only smoking chimpanzee. A zoo in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou reported last year that one of its chimps had taken up smoking and was desperately cadging cigarette butts off visitors. |
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Apr 27 2005, 04:02 AM
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 .bubblicious inspirations. @ www.bubbliciousoul.com Group: Member Posts: 466 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 112,228 |
omg... i seriously never thought animials smoke.. hahahhahaa this is so funny..
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Apr 27 2005, 08:28 AM
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 whaaaaaaat? Group: Member Posts: 2,293 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,660 |
awww, poor monkey. that's so horrible!
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Apr 27 2005, 08:42 AM
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 yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
how interesting. poor monkey.
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Apr 27 2005, 11:21 AM
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 Another ditch in the road... you keep moving Group: Member Posts: 6,281 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,152 |
that is possibly th emost hideous thing i have everheard
so kudos for that |
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Apr 27 2005, 12:13 PM
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 Um....Its meeee Group: Member Posts: 2,218 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,264 |
gesh that crazy..Sad too
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Apr 27 2005, 01:28 PM
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 i've never wanted anything rationale. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,449 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 19,045 |
Not really entertainment...Moving to the lounge =)
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Apr 27 2005, 01:55 PM
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 ...Alone in the darkness, and withering away... Group: Member Posts: 91 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 110,995 |
sad, yet SO FRIKIN FUNNY!!! *clears throat* sorry about that...
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Apr 27 2005, 01:57 PM
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 insanitys contagious. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,210 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 99,707 |
wow , thats a weird thought.
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Apr 27 2005, 02:02 PM
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 Go on, hug me, I dare you... Group: Member Posts: 299 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 116,809 |
Animals in captivity, perhaps one of the most evil things humans have ever created. For more shock stories I reccomend reading about killer whales in Seaworld, disgusting stuff.
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| *xcaitlinx* |
Apr 27 2005, 02:09 PM
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QUOTE "He even acts like a naughty schoolboy by hiding the cigarette when staff approach the area," Barnes said, adding that the zoo was determined to help him quit. hahah i think that line is especially hilarious. it shows how much humans and monkeys are alike. |
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| *Kathleen* |
Apr 27 2005, 02:20 PM
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QUOTE it shows how much humans and monkeys are alike. I was just about to say that.  It's scary how closely related we are. *Giggles* Tee hee. That was pretty funny, though. Did they give him a patch? 
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Apr 27 2005, 05:15 PM
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 I have no life Group: Member Posts: 1,119 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 66,675 |
This guy came to our school to talk about how ciggarettes were really bad and he had a pet monkey that would get high on everything..
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Apr 27 2005, 05:19 PM
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 Sharie. Group: Member Posts: 2,429 Joined: Dec 2003 Member No: 103 |
I thought children pick up bad things from adults. Now even animals do. That's really, really sad.
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Apr 27 2005, 05:27 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 913 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 101,212 |
Sad monkey....
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Apr 27 2005, 05:41 PM
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 RiKACHANtEL Group: Member Posts: 3,876 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 51,230 |
thats funny. omg never woulda thought monkeys could be addicted to cigs
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Apr 27 2005, 06:04 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 4,882 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 47,064 |
Daaang! haha they are becoming more and more like us humans. I wonder if they'll get cancer.
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Apr 27 2005, 06:05 PM
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 Loser Group: Member Posts: 1,101 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 67,558 |
Man, how the hell did these monkeys OBTAIN these cigarettes in the first place?!
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Apr 27 2005, 06:08 PM
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 whatever d00de Group: Member Posts: 1,349 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 63,060 |
woa. i didn't know monkeys could smoke lol
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Apr 27 2005, 06:31 PM
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 that heaven is overrated Group: Member Posts: 5,096 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 53,124 |
Wow..That's sad. =\ Maybe they should start throwing in that gum that helps them quit.
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Apr 27 2005, 06:47 PM
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 Class of 2005!!! Group: Member Posts: 1,132 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 93,080 |
Well, obviously you know a human got it to smoke. So, yeah, thats bad. I'm glad hes stopping though..
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Apr 27 2005, 06:52 PM
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 jellyfishing, jellyfishing Group: Member Posts: 1,174 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 55,185 |
Wow, that sucks. People need to seriously stop throwing stuff into the monkey's area. Sheesh, there's this invention called a trash can. Wonder if anyone's heard of it
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| *jooleeah* |
Apr 27 2005, 07:13 PM
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That's just really sad.
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Apr 27 2005, 07:20 PM
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 define our lives for us. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 11,656 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 43,293 |
I heard that on the news.
Rofl, hearing/seeing a monkey smoke just seems surreal, but funny, but it was on the news! Smoking is bad enough. Bad people smoking and teaching a poor monkey! I love monkeys! |
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Apr 27 2005, 07:31 PM
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 none of it seems real Group: Member Posts: 2,469 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 73,889 |
I get my turtle to smoke cigs all the time, his a pro now.
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