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Zoo keepers in northwest China are helping a chimpanzee to kick his chain-smoking habit.
Xiku, the only grown chimp in the zoo of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, succumbed to addiction by observing and mimicking humans when he performed in a circus several years ago.
But to encourage the chimp to quit smoking was not easy. At the beginning, he became irascible when he wanted to smoke, jolting windows and doors, said the keeper.
We sometimes gave him some sunflower seeds or a bottle of beer to help him shake off the addiction and visitors are no longer allowed to throw him cigarettes, the keeper said.
Tom in NO From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 40 Reply 1, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 795 times:
Looks like Nicoderm has a new spokesman.....err spokesmonkey.
Quoting RJpieces (Thread starter): We sometimes gave him some sunflower seeds or a bottle of beer to help him shake off the addiction
Great.....they're going to convert him from a chain-smoker to an alcoholic.
Tom at MSY
"The criminal ineptitude makes you furious"-Bruce Springsteen, after seeing firsthand the damage from Hurricane Katrina
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51 Reply 2, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 766 times:
Quoting Tom in NO (Reply 1): Great.....they're going to convert him from a chain-smoker to an alcoholic.
Tom in NO From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 7194 posts, RR: 40 Reply 4, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 755 times:
Oh no.....you're reminding of a joke: we all know that mixing vodka and orange juice makes a screwdriver. Question is, what does mixing vodka and prune juice create.....answer, a piledriver.
And on that note, I'm out of here.....
Tom at MSY
"The criminal ineptitude makes you furious"-Bruce Springsteen, after seeing firsthand the damage from Hurricane Katrina
FutureSDPDcop From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 1291 posts, RR: 5 Reply 5, posted (6 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 720 times:
Quoting Tom in NO (Reply 4): what does mixing vodka and prune juice create.....answer, a piledriver.
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