Tag Archive: chimpanzee

Oct 08

Charlie the Smoking Chimpanzee Dies

charlie the chimp

Charlie the smoking chimpanzee died of a heart attack on Wednesday and it wasn’t smoking that killed him.  The average chimp lives to 40 and Charlie lived to 52. Charlie was one of the first things I posted about on this blog, way back in 2005, and I stand by what I said then: Smoking …

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Feb 27

Chimp in Rehab

smoking chimp zhora

Many people find it cruel to allow a chimp to smoke and drink.  If someone was shipping Johnny Walker and Marlboros into the wild and selling them to the chimps, I’d agree.  But when a captive ape takes up smoking and drinking, I cheer it on. Sending said ape to rehab is cruel. A caged …

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