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North Korea's zoo features a smoking chimp and a dog trained to use an abacus

The Korea Central Zoo in Pyongyang offers visitors a unique blend of wildlife and ideology. Among its 5,000 animals across 650 species, you can find Azalea, a cigarette-smoking chimpanzee, ...
The Atlantic

Did Smoking Kill Charlie the Chimp?

Cigarettes brought Charlie the Smoking Chimp fame and fortune, but did they also kill him? That's the question on ape enthusiasts' minds following news of Charlie's death Tuesday at the age of 52.
Missoulian

Meet Azalea the smoking chimp, new star at Pyongyang zoo

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Pyongyang's newly opened zoo has a new star: Azalea, the smoking chimpanzee. According to officials at the newly renovated zoo, which has become a favorite leisure spot ...
Naija Gist - Latest

Smoking chimp from Iraq finds refuge

Manno has not had any contact with his own kind since the end of 2013 when he was illegally sold to the Dohuk zoo for $15,000 Separated from his mother shortly after birth, Manno the chimpanzee was ...