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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: BattleHymn on October 06, 2010, 07:00:10 PM

Title: Chimp Charlie dies at 52 despite smoking habit
Post by: BattleHymn on October 06, 2010, 07:00:10 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11484057  (video at link)

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(BBC)  A chimpanzee famous for smoking cigarettes has died at a South African zoo, aged 52.

Charlie the chimp started smoking when some visitors to Mangaung zoo, in Bloemfontein, threw him lit cigarettes.

Zoo spokesman Qondile Khedama said Charlie had become an institution, entertaining thousands of visitors every year with his antics.

An autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death.

Title: Re: Chimp Charlie dies at 52 despite smoking habit
Post by: Thor on October 06, 2010, 07:07:21 PM

and cue the anti-smoking crowd in....... 3, 2, 1......