Anileve Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Oddly Enough - UK Reuters Reuters Sexually frustrated chimp takes up smoking Sun Aug 29, 7:47 AM ET 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. Zoo officials said Feili was not addicted to nicotine, but the chimp has also demonstrated clever -- if not desperate -- behaviour to score a smoke. "The chimp is spitting at tourists and smoking," Xinhua quoted a boy visiting the zoo. "Just now a tourist threw a cigarette butt to just outside the cage, she tried to get the butt with a stick." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 ...I guess she qualifies as being a 'substantially intelligent' chimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 I am not sure why, but when I read the title of this thread I thought Eve was writting about me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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