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Title: No, it's not Deng Xiaoping, it's the other chain-smoking communist chimp. Post by: Shockeye on August 26, 2005, 12:09:41 PM Quote from: AP Chinese Try to Get Chimp to Quit Smoking (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SMOKING_CHIMP?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) Aug 26, 7:05 AM EDT XI'AN, China (AP) -- The handlers of a smoking chimpanzee in a zoo in northwest China are trying to get her to kick the habit. The 26-year-old female chimpanzee has been smoking for 15 years. Her mate died recently, which caused her to smoke even more. Now, the chimp's keepers are worried about her health as a result of her intense smoking. So, they're trying to give her milk instead of cigarettes. She started smoking years ago by picking up butts from tourists. |