Chimp boozing to quit smoking
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-06-27 08:33 A chimpanzee at a zoo in
Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is trying to stop
smoking.
The chimp, which used to perform in a circus, had previously been smoking up
to 15 cigarettes a day. Zookeepers said that the animal would get very uneasy if
it didn't get its daily fix of nicotine.
They have been giving it beer in a bid to stop it smoking. The chimp is now
on less than four cigarettes a day.
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