Published by Swiss James on 03 Jul 2008 at 11:32 am
Gorillas on the cigs
Picture the scene, you’re an 11 year old Chimpanzee in Shaanxi province and your husband has just died. A steady diet of bananas and people banging on your cage bars is driving you crazy, so what do you do?
It’s obvious really, start smoking.
The zookeepers turned a bit of a blind eye to Ai Ai’s habit (come on, the lady got problems) but after 16 years they decided enough was enough and it was time for her to quit.
So now the Chinese have the answer to a question that has plagued man throughout the ages:
How Does A Monkey Quit Cigarettes?
Head Chimp Psychiatrist Zhang HouZi explains
She’s served fried dishes and dumplings at every meal, alongside her usual diet of milk, banana and rice.
I also put earphones on her so that she could enjoy some pop music from my walkman.”
So now you know.
dingle on 03 Jul 2008 at pm #
I heard it’s much more difficult to get dogs started though..
Andy on 03 Jul 2008 at pm #
The post reminded me of the movie Idiocracy. The whole world is devolving into idiots and what about the top scientists at that time? They were busy focusing their energy on hair restoration and penis enlargment - cut to pic of chimp in cage with long hair and huge bulge in white Y’s and lab coats guys giving the thumbs up.
Baby Scarletti on 04 Jul 2008 at am #
Can’t see them sticking nicotine patches on the old girl. Unless she’s getting a complex and wants waxed at the same time as sorting out the hong of the fags.
Canadian Mark on 04 Jul 2008 at am #
The patch worked for me, but in hindsight dumplings would have probably been more enjoyable and just as effective providing there were enough of them.