...sapiens, that is.
those pesky humans who got Ai Ai smoking! i just don't know what to say about this, except if a chimp can do it, so can i.
here are the details:
now, i've had a problem lately with mr. tobacco. in fact, i just can't stop. but would someone please reassure me that i do not look like this:A female chimpanzee in a Chinese zoo has managed to kick the habit after smoking for 16 years, Xinhua news agency reported.
Ai Ai, 27, first took up smoking after her mate died in 1989.
After a second spouse died in 1997 and her daughter was moved to another zoo, the broken-hearted chimp's health reportedly started deteriorating.
Zoo keepers say they are giving her mouth-watering food and playing pop music to improve her mood."In the first few days, she squealed for cigarettes every now and then," Xinhua reported one zookeeper at the safari park in the Shaanxi province, north-west China, as saying. "But as her life became more colourful, she gradually forgot about them altogether." Her new, busy lifestyle includes walking after breakfast, exercising in the evening and being served "fried dishes and dumplings at every meal" on top of bananas, rice and milk, he said.
Now and then, she can also borrow her human friend's walkman to listen to music.
It is not clear how Ai Ai developed her addiction, and whether she was first given cigarettes from the same guardians who have helped her quit.
other things to note:
i am a deep disappointment to paul rudnick and his stellar cast of MOST FABULOUS STORY EVER TOLD. i owe you guys one.
baby bjorn is growing up! he is cute-as-a-button and developing quite a personality. i hope to get some photos of him being cuddled by aunt shel.
aimee aimee and i had a delightful night on saturday -- we've been chums for over 20 years! yikes...if i ever do run for office, she's the one that the CIA will be watching...
off to sleepytime. peace, safety and love to all.
gotohellifyouhatefreedom,
volansky
3 comments:
Sorry,
All smokers look like Ai Ai to a degree. I'm trying to quit too, tired of being mistaken for simian.
If you want to smoke though, come to Canada and smoke our special, hand-rolled, BC tobacco!
you DO owe us one!
You should make us cookies.
Or, you know, provide a nice bottle of scotch...
I watched a rerun of Quantum Leap yesterday in which Scott Bakula leapt into the body of a chimp, I believe his name was Bobo. He was performing admirably until he had to save himself from the crooked grunts from the Air Force, at which time he started using his karate moves. Not very chimp-like, if I must say.
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