BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) � A South African zoo wants a chimpanzee to quit smoking cold turkey.
Keepers say Charlie the chimpanzee picked up the habit from visitors at the Bloemfontein Zoo who sometimes toss him lit cigarettes. (Related video: Smoking chimp)

"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.



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You should see this chimp when he doesnt get any cigs. The [censored] literally goes flying everywhere...

south africa has been quite famous for its primates.
anyone remember the 2000 episode involving 'max the gorilla'?
a thief hid in his pen after robbing some store and max beat the sh*t out of him.

and now we have a substance abusive chimp.
heck, even thabo mbeki (the president) gets in on the act!

nice post IceMyst

oh what makes it even better is that people also throw soda in for him to drink and he's missing 3-4 teeth from sugar rote...