Chain-smoking chimpanzee has almost kicked his deadly habit

[LynneSin]

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060623/od_afp/animalhealthoffbeat_060623132841;_ylt=AmksRhTGkwZ06akyoc.U2n8FO7gF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGVna3NhBHNlYwNzc3JlbA--

BEIJING (AFP) - Xiku the chain-smoking chimpanzee has almost kicked his deadly habit thanks to the efforts of zoo keepers in China, but it has taken a beer or two to help get him through detox.

Xiku became addicted to smoking while mimicking the habits of humans during a career as a circus performer, the state-run Xinhua news agency said Friday.

By the time he was sent to a zoo in Urumqi, the capital of China's northwest Xinjiang region, in 2002, Xiku was already smoking 10 cigarettes a day

[evirus]

1. see even a monkey can quit

so stop toxifing the air i have to breath!

[Arugula Latte]

2. Hate to be persnickety, but -- chimps are apes, not monkeys.

(Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine) Apes don't have tales and include gorillas, orangutans, chimps, and bonobos.

And why would humans supply the poor thing with cigarettes in the first place?

[evirus]

4. sorry, i was being vary general with the term monkey...

as for the "why" question,well we are talking about a species who just loves to kill themselfs, or get as close as possable to it.

[zonkers]

3. Circus's really rob wild animals of their dignity.

[JVS]

5. 10 a day is chain smoking?

[billyskank]

7. Ah, it's headline writer's hyperbole

don't let it bother you! :)

[SteppingRazor]

8. Same thing I thought when I read this.

How is half a pack a day "chain smoking."

And, no, just cause a chimp quit does not mean I will. Somebody's gotta pick up the slack for all the quitters. :smoke:

[LynneSin]

11. If you read the rest of the article he was up to 20 a day

:D

[Neoma]

6. It takes a chimpanzee to prove that anyone can quit smoking.

[JVS]

9. That's a stupid thing to say.

It's really easy to make a chimp quit, just don't give him any more cigarettes. It is not as though the chimp has an ability to go out and buy itself a pack of cigarettes. With people who are in charge of watching over themselves, people can easily fail to quit smoking.

[Neoma]

10. I'm sure the chimp could buy some cigs too.

Jeez i was only joking. :evilfrown:

[JVS]

12. Ok, but when people say that addictions are easy to kick, I don't like it

:hug:

Sorry for busting your chops

[KamaAina]

13. I guess now he'll be getting back into the Jack Daniel's

oh, sorry, wrong chimp. :evilgrin: