Marlboro Man
Zookeepers in South Africa are working to help a chimpanzee who has become addicted to smoking after picking up cigarettes thrown to him by zoo visitors, according to a Local 6 News report. Officials at the Bloemfontein Zoo said Charley (pictured, left) first grabbed a cigarette and then mimicked humans. watching people," Bloemfontein Zoo official Daryl Barnes said. "He learns from mimicry." Since Charley has started smoking, crowds have started throwing lit cigarettes into the chimpanzee's pen, Local 6 News reported. Zookeepers have asked people to stop offering Charley cigarettes, saying they are worried it will damage his lungs, according to the report.
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Boy, I'm glad I quit...