Sexually Frustrated Chimp Takes Up Smoking

[matcom]

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Sexual frustration has turned a Chinese chimpanzee from a mild-mannered simian into a problem primate who smokes cigarettes and spits at visitors, the Xinhua news agency says.

Feili, a female chimp in the city of Zhengzhou in the central province of Henan, picked up her nasty habits by imitating visitors who behaved "improperly" around her, Xinhua quoted zoo director Liu Bing as saying on Sunday.

But, Liu said, the root cause of Feili's transformation from a "gentle girl" into a "shrew" lay with the inability to find her a satisfactory mate.

A male chimpanzee at the zoo has failed to live up to Feili's sexual demands, and she has snubbed other potential suitors.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2004/08/31/sexually_frustrated_chimp_takes_up_smoking/

[northzax]

1. um, where does a chimpanzee get cigarettes?

I mean she can't run down to the 7-11, right?

[northzax]

2. Finally! Someone put Ann Coulter where she belongs!

boy, we sure owe the Beijing Zoo one, huh?

[Endangered Specie]

4. haha ROFL!

[LiberalBushFan]

3. headline is funny on so many levels

Shouldn't this be in GD: Campaign 2004 though?

[candy]

5. Hysterical,thanks for the chuckle--I needed it today!

[redqueen]

6. Is this funnier because it's the fourth thread about it?