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catlover79 · 02-26-2010, 02:04 PM

http://www.montrealgazette.com/trave...639/story.html

MOSCOW - A Russian chimpanzee has been sent to rehab by zookeepers to cure the smoking and beer-drinking habits he has picked up, a popular daily reported on Friday. An ex-performer, Zhora became aggressive at his circus and was transferred to a zoo in the southern Russian city of Rostov, where he fathered several baby chimps, learned to draw with markers and picked up his two vices.

"The beer and cigarettes were ruining him. He would pester passers-by for booze," the Komsomolskaya Pravda paper said.

It added he has now been transferred to the city of Kazan, about 800 km (500 miles) east of Moscow, for rehabilitation treatment.

© Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette

catlover79 · 02-26-2010, 02:05 PM

I stole (or should that be APE-d?) this story from Tom (TJL) - he had the link up on his Facebook page with the comment "Man, Charlie Sheen has really hit rock bottom..."

MickeyMac · 02-26-2010, 04:44 PM

Maybe someone should introduce Charlie Sheen to this chimp, sounds like they may hit it off.

catlover79 · 02-26-2010, 05:11 PM

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Maybe someone should introduce Charlie Sheen to this chimp, sounds like they may hit it off.

coffield3 · 02-26-2010, 06:07 PM

Good grief!! poor thing!...is this true? I just cant picture it!!

catlover79 · 02-26-2010, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by coffield3

Good grief!! poor thing!...is this true? I just cant picture it!!

It's true! But why did the morons at the zoo or wherever give him cigarettes and booze in the first place? I don't think he can light the cigarettes on his own!!

Marvo301 · 02-26-2010, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

It's true! But why did the morons at the zoo or wherever give him cigarettes and booze in the first place? I don't think he can light the cigarettes on his own!!

It's animal abuse. I hope some people at that Zoo loose their jobs. They certainly shouldn't be taking care of animals. You wouldn't give give booze and cigarettes to your children don't give them to animals.

Retro4Life · 02-26-2010, 10:13 PM

Well, that was my laugh for the day (I needed it).

Marvo301 · 02-26-2010, 10:16 PM

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Well, that was my laugh for the day (I needed it).

Can you please explain to me what's so humorous to you about an animal being horribly abused? I don't get the joke.

catlover79 · 02-26-2010, 10:37 PM

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Can you please explain to me what's so humorous to you about an animal being horribly abused? I don't get the joke.

Maybe he meant the Charlie Sheen jokes in the thread?

Marvo301 · 02-26-2010, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

Maybe he meant the Charlie Sheen jokes in the thread?

Ah, maybe that's it.

JamesG · 02-26-2010, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

It's true! But why did the morons at the zoo or wherever give him cigarettes and booze in the first place? I don't think he can light the cigarettes on his own!!

Well, I don't know about this particular chimp but it can be very possible for them to light cigs.

Chimps are known to copy and they can pick up on how to light a lighter and use it if they see it enough.

Possible the chimp was given a lighter and would hide it somewhere in the cage and take it out when he got more cigs.

I'm just guessing here... but it's very possible for chimps to light their own cigs.

catlover79 · 02-26-2010, 10:54 PM

I guess so...but I know a chimp can't go to the nearest supermarket and plunk down a few bucks for cigarettes. (At least I don't think so.

)As far as I know, only humans can still do that.

JamesG · 02-26-2010, 10:59 PM

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I guess so...but I know a chimp can't go to the nearest supermarket and plunk down a few bucks for cigarettes. (At least I don't think so.

)As far as I know, only humans can still do that.

Yeah, I know that. It might take some time but they pick up on what they see and learn how to do things that humans do.

When they might see people drinking or smoking passing by they would motion that they want it.

catlover79 · 02-26-2010, 11:02 PM

I wonder what Charles Darwin would say about this situation?

02-26-2010, 02:04 PM	#1
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02-26-2010, 10:13 PM	#8
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02-26-2010, 02:05 PM	#2
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	I stole (or should that be APE-d?) this story from Tom (TJL) - he had the link up on his Facebook page with the comment "Man, Charlie Sheen has really hit rock bottom..."

02-26-2010, 04:44 PM	#3
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,008	Maybe someone should introduce Charlie Sheen to this chimp, sounds like they may hit it off.

02-26-2010, 10:54 PM	#13
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	I guess so...but I know a chimp can't go to the nearest supermarket and plunk down a few bucks for cigarettes. (At least I don't think so. )As far as I know, only humans can still do that.

02-26-2010, 11:02 PM	#15
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	I wonder what Charles Darwin would say about this situation?