Zookeepers want Chimp to kick the habit

[UrbScotty]

No, not THAT chimp...

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-smoking-chimp,0,2664512.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

Keepers say Charlie the chimpanzee picked up the habit from visitors at the Bloemfontein Zoo who sometimes toss him cigarettes.

"It looks funny to see a chimp smoking," a zoo spokesman said, but Charlie's trick could cost him his health.

The zoo is asking people to stop tossing cigarettes and contributing to the chimp's habit.

A zoo official says Charlie "acts like a naughty schoolboy" and hides his cigarettes when workers are around.